1.  Such arrangements make it easier for the European Union to build a united region of European states.

2.  An earlier draft included a united northeastern region for the Tamils.

3.  ASEAN leaders said their group must speed up its own trade liberalization so ASEAN can offer itself to the world as one united region with uniformly low tarriffs.

4.  ASEAN leaders said their group must speed up its own trade liberalization, so ASEAN can offer itself to the world as one united region with uniformly low tarriffs.

5.  Claude Marcory, an official in the Ministry of Interior in Paris, bristles at the idea of a united Basque region.

6.  The earlier draft spoke of eight councils, including a united northeastern region for the Tamils.