11.  Whitehead said the initial area where Fletcher Canada would like to expand is the northwest area of the U.S. west coast.

12.  With little room for expansion in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Peoria and other suburbs, the area northwest of Phoenix is the new hot region.

13.  Police surrounded his hideout in a desert area northwest of Cairo and killed him when he opened fire as he tried to escape.

14.  Police helicopters swept over an area northwest of the capital Friday in an unsuccessful search for an abducted American woman and her two young children.

15.  Police believe the two were kidnapped by the Kosovo Liberation Army and taken toward a guerrilla stronghold in the Mount Cicavica area northwest of this provincial capital.

16.  Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio quoted military officials as saying that between three and six people were killed in the accident at the High Range training area northwest of Townsville.

17.  Edward Joseph, a U.N. official in the northwest area, said the Bosanska Krupa fighting involved tank, artillery and small arms fire and was at times intense.

18.  Government troops continued to battle rebel Muslims, Croatian and Bosnian Serbs in the northwest Bihac area.

19.  Government troops on Friday continued to battle rebel Muslims, Croatian and Bosnian Serbs in the northwest Bihac area.

20.  Government troops continued to battle rebel Muslims and Croatian and Bosnian Serbs in the northwest Bihac area.