The threat of further eruptions has forced the evacuation of 60% of the island, including the main towns.
The number of shoppers in eight main towns across the Scottish Borders has dropped by about 17% in four years.
The country is about the size of western Europe, but with scarcely a decent road outside any of the main towns.
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Local reports suggest that Iraqi missiles, possibly Scuds, have been brought to within easy range of the main towns in the autonomous zone.
Islamist rebels withdrew to the remote mountain range near the border with Algeria after French troops backed by helicopters and jets advanced to capture the main towns in northern Mali.
Sixth form and further education colleges are usually in main towns - and if students are not on the route of buses, they will depend on lifts to bus stops.
Islamist rebels withdrew to the remote mountain range near the border with Algeria after French troops backed by helicopters and jets advanced to capture the main towns in northern Mali in January.
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Yet even if the power of Mr Saleh's state has seldom extended beyond Yemen's main towns, roads and oilfields, it is remarkable that he has maintained even a semblance of control (see book review).
Quoting diplomatic and military sources, BBC West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy said French troops would take part in the second phase of the Mali operation, namely driving Islamists out of the main towns they occupied.
The council has said that, in total, 17 financially supported bus routes connecting outlying villages and smaller towns with Norwich and the main towns in the county would be affected, with no changes to the other 126 it helps keep on the road.
Vieste and Peschici are the main coastal towns, bunched-up clusters of narrow lanes and heavy limestone houses, cool even in the heat.
But the alliance quickly collapsed, and the Islamists drove out the Tuareg separatist group - the National Movement Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) - from the main cities and towns in the north.
French forces helped government troops recapture the main north cities and towns, and thousands of soldiers from African countries have also been deployed.
He came to fame by skewering small towns (in Main Street) and medium-size heartland cities (in Babbitt).
In 2007, as part of efforts to bring Romania in step with European Union law, the country banned horse-drawn carts from main roads in cities and towns.
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Across Syria a picture is emerging of government forces holding the centre of big towns and the main roads, and the Free Syrian Army becoming increasingly active and almost controlling parts of cities like Homs and areas of the countryside.
The last elections in December 2007 were highly contentious in Kenya, where television is the main news source in cities and towns.
The presence of a Catholic church on the main square in most villages, towns and cities in the region testifies to its influence over civil society.
The injunction led to the closure last August of Batasuna offices in numerous towns, including the three main Basque cities, Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria.
Scenic Route 7 is the main artery that threads the region's towns together.
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Until the XV century, Otrar, together with the rest of the Great Ortar Oasis, represented the main urban centre on the marginal zone between southern towns and northern steppes, between settlers and nomads of Central Asia.
The aim is to control the airstrips attached to small towns, and the rivers which are the main transport routes.
Towns today may no longer be created by the singular vision of one entrepreneur or owned and controlled by one company, but there are two main contemporary equivalents that are akin to 19th century comprehensive company towns, experts say.
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One of the best parts of visiting in the off-season is that its traffic-clogged main roadway (Route 27) is much more navigable and trips between towns take a fraction of the time.
The theme of the conference focuses on the new EU 2020 strategy for 2014-2020, the policy that will determine the way the main European funds are allocated - a key potential resource for European Historic Towns.
However, he says the main concern is the drugs gangs have simply been relocating to favelas yet to the pacified, or to towns just outside of Rio.
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