As a result of Russia's victory, Moscow now has firm economic and political control over South Ossetia and over another Georgian separatist region,Abkhazia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Unlike many poleis,Athens had been successful in gaining control of the whole region which it dominated,the region of Attica.

和其他城邦不同,雅典成功地控制了整个区域,整个阿提卡地区都在雅典的控制之下

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(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

The region had control over all its affairs with the exception of finance, defence and communications.

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But it would take considerable airpower and the use of facilities across the region to gain control of the Syrian sky.

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The first anti-narcotics battalion, now operational, has been dispatched to the southern province of Putomayo, a region under the control of the biggest rebel group, the 15, 000-strong Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

ECONOMIST: Colombia