Nearly two weeks ago, Pakistan's military launched an offensive in the South Waziristan tribal region against Pakistani Taliban militants based there.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

That area was controlled by Egypt at the purported time of the Exodus Running north to south, next to that coastal plain, is a region of low mountains.

在出埃及记时期，这个地区被埃及所控制,南北分布，靠近海岸平原，是低矮的山区。

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South of the Aeolian section of that was the region of Asia Minor inhabited chiefly by Ionians, the people on the mainland who are the main Ionians are the Athenians.

位于小亚细亚地区的伊奥利亚南部,主要居住爱奥尼亚人,而在内陆居住的爱奥尼亚人,主要都是雅典人

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Another serious blow was the August 2008 five-day war with Russia over the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

On Saturday, militants with ties to Punjab, as well as the South Waziristan tribal region, assaulted the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

As a result of Russia's victory, Moscow now has firm economic and political control over South Ossetia and over another Georgian separatist region,Abkhazia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Pakistani military officials say troops continued to advance deep inside the South Waziristan tribal region Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The Pakistani army entered the South Waziristan tribal region last Saturday from three different areas in an attempt to completely surround the Taliban fighters.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Masibulele Yaso is a 28-year-old sociology professor from the South Africa's Eastern Cape region.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

The U.N.Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Juba,South Sudan,Lise Grande, says the number of internal conflicts in the semi-autonomous region has risen from last year's levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Mehsud was killed in August last year when a missile fired by a suspected U.S drone targeted his hideout in Pakistan's volatile South Waziristan tribal region.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09

India and the United States share common security concerns in the South Asian region, where both countries want to tackle the menace of terrorism emanating from terror groups based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

The military is trying to complete a two-month offensive to dislodge Taliban fighters in the Swat Valley region, and will soon begin a similar operation to hunt down top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

The arrests in Swat are the latest blow for the Taliban insurgents in Pakistan whose chief commander Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a suspected U.S missile attack on his hide out in the South Waziristan region near the Afghan border.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

(Speaking) Wilson said he was looking down on a refugee camp from a hillside: (NO TRANSCRIPTS) M.J.Gohel,an expert on South Asia and executive director of the London-based Asia Pacific Foundation, says Wilson's efforts changed the region and the world.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

As Congress waits to hear the outcome of the president's review, there is mounting concern about the ramifications of whatever decisions he makes, both short and long-term impact, for the United States, the South Asian region, and for the war against al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15