Also Thursdaya suspected U.S.missile strike killed at least 12 people believed to be militants in the nearby North Waziristan tribal region.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

That area was controlled by Egypt at the purported time of the Exodus Running north to south, next to that coastal plain, is a region of low mountains.

在出埃及记时期，这个地区被埃及所控制,南北分布，靠近海岸平原，是低矮的山区。

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The International Air Transport Association recently reported that the Asia-Pacific region has eclipsed North America as the largest aviation market.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

And that, says WHO Assistant Director-General, Keiji Fukuda, has not yet happened in any region outside North America.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

"We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region or on us.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The early morning missile strike in the tribal region known as North Waziristan is said to have struck a vehicle carrying local and foreign militants.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

In 2009,647 million people flew in the Asia-Pacific, compared with North America's Brian Sinclair Thompson, Thailand manager for Swiss International,is upbeat over the region's outlook.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

The North American leaders are also expected to focus on their region's economic woes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

The Asia Pacific region led the decline with a more than 14 percent fall off Passengers for North American flights fell by more than 13 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

But a new United Nations report shows that numbers are on the rise: more than 400,000 people are currently living with HIV across the Middle East and North Africa region,or MENA.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

(Speaking) The spokesman adds that many al-Shabab fighters were killed in the day-long battle and Ahlu-Sunna is still in control of the town in the Galgadud region, about 560 kilometers north of Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Earlier this month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a new strategy to confront the causes of violence in the North Caucasus by focusing on efforts to improve economic conditions in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

The two sides have fought deadly naval clashes in 1999 and 2002 in the disputed maritime region west of the peninsula, where the North has always rejected a sea border drawn by the United Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

That is the maritime region where North Korea has disputed a sea border for decades and where an international team of investigators concluded a North Korean submarine sank a South Korean patrol ship in March,killing 46 sailors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Secretary Clinton said Wednesday that Bosworth had been prepared to travel to North Korea "at a moment's notice" during his first mission to the region last week, but said he regrettably did not get an invitation to do so.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12