In many ways, Collins seems like a logical fit given his ties to the area, Northwestern' s academic similarities to Duke and his basketball pedigree.

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By Sunday the conflict was raging in other parts of Georgia as well, including another breakaway area, Abkhazia, located in northwestern Georgia.

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Acting on intelligence information, Sultan said the soldiers began a routine search operation in the South Waziristan region -- a culturally conservative tribal area in Pakistan's semi-autonomous northwestern border region.

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Two ANP workers were killed in a grenade attack in the northwestern district of Swabi, four people died in election violence in the area of Chaman on the Afghan border, and two others were killed in the Mian Channu area of Punjab, Pakistan's state TV said.

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Two ANP workers were killed in a hand grenade attack in the northwestern district of Swabi, four people died in election violence in the area of Chaman on the Afghan border, and two others were killed in the Mian Channu area of Punjab, Pakistan's state TV said.

WSJ: Violence as Pakistan Votes

The Geopark covers an area of unspoiled panoramic mountainous landscape including the most impressive gorges in northwestern Greece, Vikos and Aoos.

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Shahzad has a Karachi identification card, a sign of Pakistani residency, and his family is from volatile northwestern Pakistan, where government forces have been fighting Taliban militants who have strongholds in the area, according to Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik.

CNN: By the CNN Wire Staff