11.  Wheat futures fell amid indications that plants in eastern growing areas are less affected by disease than traders thought.

12.  Patel, a school teacher, collected money and supplies in his hometown of Modersa, in an eastern area of Gujarat spared by the quake.

13.  A fairly strong earthquake shook the eastern coastal area of Japan Monday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

14.  An onshore flow in the Pacific Northwest brought isolated snow showers in the Cascades and a mix of rain and snow in eastern areas of Washington and Oregon.

15.  Bell South and Safra have also successfully biddedfor another band B privatisation package to provide cellular services tothe north and eastern area of Brazil.

16.  By Wednesday morning, troops searching the eastern area of the island, where Abu Sayyaf guerrillas said they killed Sobero, had found no sign of his body.

17.  Calm was restored Saturday in Garm and other eastern areas, Zafar Saidov, spokesman for President Emomali Rakhmonov told the Interfax news agency.

18.  Congolese authorities insisted they investigate eastern areas near the Rwandan border first.

19.  Conversely, Serbs need to vacate formerly Croat homes they now occupy in the eastern Vukovar area so that the Croat refugees can return home.

20.  Experts are undertaking feasibility studies for natural gas in the eastern Risheh area on the borders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.