Its regulated holdings include electric utilities in five Canadian provinces and two Caribbean countries.

FORBES: A super Canadian stock

With the help of many local governments, "A Liter of Light" and its collaborators have installed 12, 000 solar bottle bulbs, lighting 10, 000 homes in five Filipino provinces.

CNN: Plastic bottles light up lives

The commission is now considering pilot schemes in five or six provinces allowing couples in which one partner is an only child to have a second baby, according to people familiar with the discussions.

WSJ: China's One-Child Plan Faces New Fire

Mr Kittiratt says the government will now start by implementing the scheme just in Bangkok and five other provinces (out of 77).

ECONOMIST: After the euphoria, a deluge of problems

"We very much hope, in line with President Karzai's commitment, that within five years all provinces in the country will follow Kabul in having the Afghan security leadership, " he said.

BBC: Foreign Office questions

He has alleged electoral fraud, demanding a recount in five of Iraq's 18 provinces.

ECONOMIST: Iraq still adrift: The politicians wrangle as the nerves of the people jangle | The

Mr Miliband said he hoped that within five years, all provinces in Afghanistan would have taken charge of their own security.

BBC: Foreign Office questions

At least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured by five car bombs in Shia-majority provinces of southern Iraq, officials say.

BBC: Iraq: Deadly car bombs hit Shia provinces

Instead, it is trying to contain the disease, which is afflicting five provinces, by vaccinating livestock in a ring around each affected ranch.

ECONOMIST: Foot-and-mouth in South America