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Protection Force (UNPROFOR) has received reports that Croat troops have looted and burned houses in a northwest Bosnia area that will fall under Serb control under this week's peace plan.
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As evidence, Pakistanis cite two recent strikes against alleged terrorists in Bajaur, a tribal area in the northwest.
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Other lands are protected by private organizations, including the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area in northwest Belize, managed by the nonprofit Program for Belize.
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Two soldiers and 16 militants were killed in clashes in the Tirah Valley area of the Khyber tribal region in the northwest, the military said in a statement.
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The Syrian military said the target of Israeli jets was a scientific research center in the area of Jamraya, northwest of Damascus.
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It said the target was in the area of Jamraya, northwest of Damascus and about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from the Lebanese border.
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The stream is in a wilderness canoe-camping area 115 miles northwest of Albany.
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The suspect, identified by state police as Kurt Meyers, also is believed to have blown up his house in the area, located about 70 miles west-northwest of Albany, according to a federal law enforcement source briefed on the investigation.
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The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center said the avalanche danger in the area Monday is "considerable" above 4, 000 feet.
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It was unclear why the children were in the deep open pit at the home in a rural area of Lincoln County, about 20 miles northwest of Charlotte.
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The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group, also reported large explosions in the area of Jamraya, a military and scientific research facility northwest of Damascus, about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from the Lebanese border.
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