One can say that the capital and the adjoining areas have been lifted and sustained by a credit boom and a wave of income from natural resources.

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Given the deteriorating security situation in Swat and other adjoining areas, UNESCO and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Islamabad, mutually agreed to shift the project to the Punjab.

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The spokesman added that the wind was "continuing to cause problems in exposed areas with snow drifting from the adjoining lands".

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The lavish public areas at Abu are contemporary African in style and include a tranquil library and an adjoining communications center.

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