Many people across the region will mark the anniversary with prayers, a moment of silence, sprinkling water on mass graves in Indonesia and offering food to monks in Thailand, among other memorials as people in the region try to move forward.

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All told, an estimated 10 tornadoes hit the region, said Mark Wiley, an emergency-response meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

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Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture developed in the north-western part of Japan s main island and bear the mark of the region s cooler climate particularly its snowy winters.

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It has had some success in getting people into low-skill, minimum-wage jobs, but has a long way to go before it makes a mark on the region.

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Nevertheless even in a time of disaster Cognac still helped the French balance of payments to the tune of FFr7.4 billion, scarcely a mark of a region in terminal decline.

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And I had heard interpretations of intelligence that many of us with deep experience in the region felt were far off the mark from the true threat.

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Each variety of lace has long been created by rural women as a source of additional income and has left a permanent mark on the culture of its region.

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The Egyptian government is still pegging growth during the current fiscal year at 3.5% to 4%, but economists who closely track the Middle East and North Africa region, known as MENA, are beginning to mark down expectations.

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The region's confirmation came four days after Jones's agent, Mark Spoors, revealed the player had signed on.

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The latest move comes as Kuwait prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the Gulf War, which convulsed the region.

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