The new capital of the Russian-Belarussian union may be Smolensk, a Russian provincial town half-way between the two countries' capitals.
In the provincial town of Tetritsqaro, young, unemployed men stand outside their dilapidated houses in the morning, drinking cans of beer.
As an example, he cites the provincial town of Huambo in central Angola, which had no Chinese shops seven years ago.
July 28th found Mr Lilley in Bedford, a nondescript provincial town best known for its private schools and its Italian community.
The killings took place in the Diyala provincial town of Khalis.
To buy their presents in Belfast, and many provincial town centres, shoppers had to go through security gates and be searched before heading to department stores.
Esther Lederer said she had had none other than the moral principles gained from her parents, immigrants from Russia, and being brought up in a solid provincial town, Sioux City, Iowa.
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And the fact that they are used all over China, by people young and old, means that stories and scandals once kept hidden in some provincial town are now getting nationwide coverage.
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Covering an area of 75 acres, this huge open-air museum was established in 1891 to recreate the atmosphere of a provincial Swedish town from the early 19th century.
Town councils, provincial councils and the Governing Council in Baghdad would each nominate one-third of every caucus.
The German Defense Ministry in Berlin confirmed a bomb attack near a base that houses a German provincial reconstruction team in the town of Kunduz, a ministry spokesman said.
During Estrada's presidential campaign, Manuel worked as the then-vice president's chief fundraiser while Ronaldo handled the political aspects, recruiting opposition candidates for provincial governors, city and town mayors and congressmen.
The Mapalad farmers (as they are known) are up against just about everybody: the owner of the estate, the courts, the six-term provincial governor of Bukidnon, the town mayor, even the barangay captain.
Elsewhere on Monday, at least three militants were also killed later when government forces bombed a checkpoint in the town of Jaar, near the provincial capital Zinjibar, which is under their control.
Like a number of employees, Mr. Wang said he was frustrated because he has already spent five months in Taiyuan, and still has no certainty about when he can return to the boom town of Shenzhen, which he prefers to the more provincial, industrial city of Taiyuan.
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