• America is a big country, and we can live in a remote town under different names, or move around, working on farms like Mexican workers.

    NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry

  • Aguelhok is a remote town close to mountains and the Algerian border -- in a region where many Islamist fighters had regrouped in the face of the French push toward the main cities of the north.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • To funnel increasing numbers into the interior, Princess is pushing rail traffic from Whittier, a remote town on the shores of Prince William Sound, to the Denali lodges, obviating the need to spend a night in Anchorage.

    FORBES

  • When two respected intellectuals, Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar, arrived in Khorramabad, a remote western town, at the end of August to speak to a student convention, they were blocked from leaving the airport by a gang of Islamic vigilantes.

    ECONOMIST: Iran

  • Born on October 25, 1944 into a rural family where both parents were schoolteachers, Mr. Ren spent his primary and middle school years in a remote mountainous town in Guizhou Province, and studied at Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, where he graduated in 1963.

    FORBES: Huawei's Open Letter To U.S. Investigators

  • This was caused by a rash promise made by the DPJ's first prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, to the people of the island of Okinawa to scrap an agreement to move America's Futenma marine base from a crowded town to a more remote part of the island.

    ECONOMIST: Friends and neighbours

  • Also, there was always a chance that something more would be coming from a small town in Alabama, a remote New England farm, a small college on a hill in central Ohio.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Gone Tomorrow'

  • More recently, in a small town south of Peshawar, militants set off a remote-control bomb close to the vehicle of an ANP candidate on March 31, injuring him and killing two.

    WSJ: Taliban Imperil U.S. Political Ally in Pakistan

  • The militants began their raid on the town of Shaltalo in a remote, mountainous corner of Upper Dir district, near the border with Kunar province of Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

    BBC: Afghan militants ambush Pakistan troops in Upper Dir

  • They lived in a tiny hardboard house in the remote outskirts of town.

    BBC

  • But having survived the Red Guards, the remote town became the focus of a dramatic conservation battle in 1980, when the government decided to plow six roads through its heart for car traffic.

    WSJ: Ancient Village Rises in Shanghai; The Shock of the Old

  • You know, the idea of a terrorist coming to town is, is extremely remote.

    NPR: Alaska Town Watched by Eighty Security Cameras

  • Armored personnel carriers and trucks loaded with soldiers patrol the hills and roads around the remote town of Dargecit, scene of a battle earlier this month that left seven PKK fighters dead.

    NPR: Conflict Flares Up Between Kurds, Turkish Forces

  • Just before dawn on Thursday, a vehicle drove into a barracks in the remote and centuries-old trading town of Agadez, exploding and killing 19 soldiers there while injuring more than a dozen, said government spokesman Marou Amadou.

    WSJ: Twin Bomb Attacks Kill 20 in Niger

  • In Northern California, a fire in a remote area of brush and timber north of the town of Butte Meadows grew to more than 3 square miles, with 10 percent containment, state fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said.

    NPR: Fire Forces Evacuation Of Campus, Homes In Calif.

  • Sistan Baluchestan's governor said the epicenter was in a remote and uninhabited area, some 28 miles from the closest town, and much of the damage was limited to a few collapsed walls.

    WSJ: Strong Quake Hits Southeastern Iran

  • The Queen will even go to Bourke, a dusty town which is a byword in Australia for the remote outback - "Back o' Bourke" means the back of beyond or middle of nowhere in Aussie-speak.

    BBC: Low-key Australian welcome for Queen

  • Duckworth tells of Kimat, 36, a widow with five children to feed in the remote northern Afghanistan border town of Sakiz Khana.

    FORBES: Buy a Rug, Educate a Girl

  • The remote village is a 12-hour trip away from the nearest large town, and no independent verification has been obtained.

    CNN: Colombian guerrillas kill 17 Indians, human rights groups say

  • Born in the remote town of Paracatu in the state of Minas Gerais and the son of a builder, Mr Barbosa was educated in Brazil's much criticised state school system.

    BBC: Barbosa made first black head of Brazil's Supreme Court

  • Mr Nixon said it was important to attract local people to the conference events as, in the past, the town had an ambivalent relationship with the author who had a reputation for being remote.

    BBC: Thomas Hardy enthusiasts converge on Dorchester

  • The governor of Sistan Baluchestan said the epicenter was in a remote and uninhabited area, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) away from the closest town, and much of the damage was limited to a few collapsed walls.

    WSJ: Strong Quake Hits Southeastern Iran

  • In a quest to find the ultimate in lightweight luxury, I have dispatched Jon Bruner, the same intrepid Forbes reporter that I sent to Romania on five hours notice in January, to Supai, a town at the bottom of the Grand Canyon that bills itself as the most remote in the continental United States.

    FORBES: Escape from the Grand Canyon: Man Vs. Mule

  • And secondly, a different sort of relationship between local government and local people because the Town Hall can seem remote, just as Whitehall seems remote.

    BBC: Politics Show, Sunday 23 October 2005

  • Ms Simmons-Edmund, who is also a police officer in nearby Dixfield, said 90% of residents in the town already own a firearm, but the measure also reflected community concern about the remote area's rising crime rates, which she said had nearly tripled in the last year.

    BBC: Maine town of Byron shoot down mandatory gun-ownership

  • On Saturday night, as supporters camped outside his headquarters in Lahore's Model Town area, Mr. Sharif sat on a couch in a room packed with close advisers, a remote control in his hand, as he flicked between TV channels broadcasting the vote count.

    WSJ: Pakistan's Next Leader Vows Better U.S. Ties

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