• Shariah laws in force in a few conservative areas, such as Indonesia's Southern Sulawesi and West Sumatra regions, haven't captured the imagination of the wider public.

    WSJ: Indonesia Polls Show Hard-Line Islamists Losing Ground

  • Among baby girls, Lily was the most popular name in five regions including the North East, South West and Wales, Olivia in two regions - North West and Yorkshire and The Humber - Amelia in East and West Midlands, and Isabella proving the most popular in London.

    BBC: Most popular baby names in 2011 are Harry and Amelia

  • The Environment Agency has flood warnings in place for the Anglian, Midlands, North East, Southern, South West and Thames regions of England as well as the River Wye and Lower Dee Valley in Wales.

    BBC: Flood warnings issued after heavy rain and snow thaws

  • This includes large swaths of the Great Plains, the Gulf Coast and the Intermountain West, three regions that, as I point out in a recent Manhattan Institute study, have withstood the great recession far better than the rest of the country.

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  • The Welsh government has always recognised the need for discipline in the overall EU budget but it cannot be right for EU money allocated to the UK to be siphoned away from poorer regions, like west Wales and the Valleys - to richer regions elsewhere.

    BBC: MPs find themselves in government - and in opposition

  • "The Welsh government has always recognised the need for discipline in the overall EU budget but it cannot be right for EU money allocated to the UK to be siphoned away from poorer regions, like west Wales and the Valleys - to richer regions elsewhere, " he said.

    BBC: EU deal 'fails Wales' says First Minister Carwyn Jones

  • It's divided into five regions: West, Midwest, North East, South and the Great Lakes.

    BBC: A targeted message from Obama 2012

  • Hailing from West and Central African regions with diverse languages and cultural practices, the Moore Town Maroons elaborated new collective religious ceremonies that incorporated various spiritual traditions.

    UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • For the purposes of European funding, Wales is divided into two regions: West Wales and the Valleys and East Wales, with the former region qualifying for the highest level of funding.

    BBC: Finance Committee

  • Some industries and regions in the west would suffer disproportionately from eastern competition.

    ECONOMIST: Eastern promise | The

  • So expect Lib Dem candidates in the south west of England and other assorted regions, but not everywhere.

    BBC: Do the public want police and crime commissioners?

  • Along with the West North Central region, the West South Central and the Mountain regions also plan to add the most personnel.

    FORBES: Careers

  • They want action in regions including Sahel, West Africa, where more than 18 million people are suffering from the impact of drought and high food prices.

    BBC: Anti-hunger petition goes to Downing Street

  • The unemployment rates in Marcellus Shale regions like Western PA and West Virginia are near zero.

    FORBES: Hey Kid, Here's How To Get A Job

  • England's south-west, south-east and Midlands regions will continue to be affected, as well as large chunks of Wales, the Environment Agency said.

    BBC: Rain set to plague UK for rest of year

  • Let us explain: Apparently some regions in the South and West aren't as wired as midtown Manhattan, so a company called Space Data found a way to make money by repeatedly launching weather balloons with cellular transmitters called SkySites, and charging what must be astronomical fees for getting your cell-on in the boonies.

    ENGADGET: Cash-in on your geocaching skillz

  • The seats in the assembly are divided among the country's three main regions -- Tripolitania in the west, Cyrenica in the east and Fezzan in the south.

    CNN: In Benghazi, Libyans vow July 7 vote will go on

  • The rate in Wales is higher than all but three of England's regions - the North East, North West and West Midlands.

    BBC: Teenage pregnancies in Wales fall by a quarter in 10 years

  • Wales and south-east England are also expected to see some snow during Monday, with the far south-west of England and Northern Ireland being the only regions untouched by the severe cold.

    BBC: Light snowfall in parts of Wales, and more expected

  • It even says that there are huge differences within some regions, pointing out that in north west England, a 38% poverty level among children living in Manchester can be contrasted with a figure of 7% in Ribble Valley.

    BBC: Campaign reveals 'wide disparity' in UK child poverty

  • And go west, and even further north, back to the regions around Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to find an already active mining boom.

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  • The regions have been divided into England and the West Indies, Bangladesh and Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe and Australia and New Zealand.

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  • The BRC said that the worst affected regions were the east Midlands and the south west of England, with "footfall", the number of people entering retail spaces, down by 8.1% and 7%.

    BBC: Firms count damage done by March cold weather

  • Demand for corn is such that more land is also being ploughed up in drier regions of the Great Plains states to the west of the corn belt, where irrigation in required, increasing water demand further.

    ECONOMIST: New reasons to be suspicious of ethanol

  • In 2006-09 the region's GDP (excluding Inner Mongolia, which extends into the north-east, but is not part of its industrial heartland) grew faster than that of the country's other three main economic regions, in the east, centre and west.

    ECONOMIST: Reforming the north-east

  • Continuing on a recent positive trend, as of June 2012, pending home sales in the U.S., on average, increased by 9.5% (seasonally adjusted) and 8.4% (not seasonally adjusted) respectively on a year-over-year basis with increases experienced across all four regions, with the slight exception of the West on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis, of the country.

    FORBES: Will Housing Lead A U.S. Recovery?

  • West Wales and the valleys are joined by Malta, two regions of Portugal and four regions of southern Italy as the only areas that became relatively poorer despite the investment.

    BBC: Rhondda

  • All the other regions saw an increase in vacancy rates, with the West Midlands seeing the largest rise.

    BBC: HMV bags

  • We reported back in October, how West Wales and the valleys were joined only by Malta, two regions of Portugal and four regions of southern Italy as areas that became relatively poorer despite the investment.

    BBC: Difficult reading, difficult call

  • It is clear that the money that's gone in to West Wales and the Valleys, precisely because it was amongst the poorest regions in Europe, hasn't made it comparatively better off.

    BBC: Difficult reading, difficult call

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