Since Shias make up two-thirds of the region's population, a landslide for lists picked by the two dominant and allied Shia parties, Hizbullah and Amal, was certain.
The picture was different abroad: Some 79% of two-year degree programs in the Asian-Pacific region and 80% of those in Central Asia experienced application gains as more locals sought graduate certifications and international students considered the region's strong job markets and economic opportunities.
She also visited Liverpool as part of her two-day trip to the region in March.
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According to the police chief heading the investigation, the two - Andrey Samoylov and Vladimir Ivanchenko from the Rostov region in southern Russia - admitted carrying out the attack.
To remain compliant with the new laws, the Endeavour operates two seven-day sails around the region, alternating itineraries each week.
In carrying out this mission, the UNESCO Beirut Cluster Office , serves twenty-two Arab countries in the region in the field of Education.
About 9, 000 soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division arrived in the Central Command region in two groups -- in September, 2002, and this January.
John Jessop told BBC North West Tonight that British Gas provides two-thirds of households in the region with gas, but were only to blame for half of Energywatch's complaints.
In a region where nearly two-thirds of the population is under the age of 30, an emerging generation is struggling to reconcile convention with a unique vision for their future.
Its two-mile trail is now one of the region's best known and most popular.
The two sides fought in the oil-rich border region of Abyei earlier this year.
The distribution centre will take over the work of two smaller Co-operative food depots in the region.
The work of two smaller Co-operative food depots in the region will be merged at the site.
Hong Kong firms employ more than 11m people in the region and have provided some two-thirds of the foreign direct investment there.
Accompanied by Mr Tadic, Mr Erdogan visited Sandzak, Serbia's majority Bosniak south-western region, where the two men opened a Turkish cultural centre.
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The chance of a peaceful settlement in either Rwanda or Burundi, the two micro-states at the heart of the region, is small.
Azerbaijan fought a war with neighbouring Armenia in the 1990s, in which it lost the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and the two sides may yet fight another.
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America is jumpy about the falling-out of its two biggest allies in the region.
Though the Fringe has an international reputation, around two-thirds of its audiences comes from the Edinburgh region, a figure that surprises most visitors.
The storm marched into the Mid-Atlantic region Wednesday, dumping nearly two feet of snow in some places and knocking out power to about 250, 000 homes and businesses.
The visit to the South West is designed to highlight two of the region's most important industries - farming and tourism - that were both badly affected by last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak.
Within 20 minutes lay several sandy beaches on the Ionian Sea, there are two 18-hole golf courses nearby, and the region is teeming with historic sighs, from ancient Greek ruins to Neolithic cave dwellings.
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In May, the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy was shocked by two significant earthquakes, just 9 days apart.
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The region has not one, but two poutine-related celebrations, with the St Albert Cheese Curd Festival taking place from 14 to 18 August 2013.
The year also tested - some would say threatened - the viability of the region's two most important multilateral groupings, APEC and ASEAN.
Iconic to the region, the blue and white painted two-seater has a footrest that can be pulled out and a locakable drawer to keep towels, valuables and other beach attire.
Before the two packs - which at Test level can weigh in the region of 120 stone each - often charged into contact from as much as three feet away.
Talks between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir concluded in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, where the two agreed to temporary arrangements over a disputed oil-rich region claimed by both countries.
The National Weather Service said a "potentially historic" blizzard could dump as much as two feet of snow across New England and the mid-Atlantic region on Friday.
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