Word: regions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Trans-Siberian Railroad links the western, European part of the country to the Asian region in the east. The passenger trains involved were traveling between Novosibirsk, the largest town in Siberia with a population of 1.3 million, and Adler, a popular health resort...
...policies, more and more Hong Kong Chinese are arriving in Vancouver to put down roots before 1997, when the British colony reverts to Chinese sovereignty. That does not please some of greater Vancouver's 1.4 million residents, who see the influx -- 5,000 Hong Kong immigrants came to the region last year -- as a threat to their life-style. Critics grouse about an "Asian invasion" that has sent housing costs skyrocketing 50% in the past year, making Vancouver the hottest real estate market in Canada...
...commendable steps. Among them: proposing new regulations on medical-waste disposal, requesting stiffer penalties for ocean dumpers, calling for a moratorium on offshore oil drilling in Florida and California, and helping persuade Japan not to finance construction of a Brazilian road that would encourage continued deforestation of the Amazon region...
...Noriega must go" mantra. A kidnaping would be imprudent, and the U.S. lacks the means to get rid of Noriega unless it plans to mount an invasion, a move that would prove far too costly. If Washington's Latin allies perceive even a hint of Yanqui aggression in the region, they might rally around Noriega, as happened when the U.S. imposed economic sanctions 14 months ago. Moreover, by one U.S. / military analyst's estimate last year, an invasion, while feasible, could result in the loss of up to 1,000 U.S. military lives, a cost that most Americans would judge...
...more than $600 a week, had free medical benefits, seemed content with their simple lives in the savage hills and mountains of old Appalachia. For 14 months they worked without a contract while negotiating a new pact with the Pittston Coal Group, which operates some 40 mines in the region...