31.  Troops in full battle gear and trucks bearing heavy weapons moved towards the front in anticipation of an offensive on the Taliban stronghold in the regional capital of Taloqan.

32.  We then caught a public bus to Merida, the bustling regional capital of the state of Yucatan.

33.  With Atlanta as de facto regional capital, companies based far away often put sales and distribution units here.

34.  Only the regional capital of Irbil now stands between the fighters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and a convincing victory over the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party.

35.  Pantaleone died Monday night in his home in Palermo, the Sicilian regional capital, ANSA said.

36.  Perhaps the biggest sign of no-confidence in the region is the regional capital of Vukovar itself.

37.  A car bomb exploded in the Basque regional capital of Vitoria early Monday morning, but no one was injured, news reports said.

38.  A car bomb exploded in the Basque regional capital of Vitoria early Monday morning, news reports said.

39.  A police spokesman in the regional capital of Zaragoza said the body of Elizabeth Ramirez, a Spanish girl, was discovered in the early morning.

40.  A landslide caused by heavy rain blocked a key highway in southern Russia on Monday, cutting access by heavy trucks to the regional capital, Stavropol.