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region

[ree-juhn] / ˈri dʒən /


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Her comments come as the US moves a second battleship into the region, and one day after progress was reported at US-Iran talks in Switzerland.

From BBC

He wrote extensively about the rise of al-Qaeda affiliates in the region and the growing influence of tech and new outsourcing industries while cultivating a taste for offbeat and obscure stories.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of its members live in or near regions that will host Olympic events.

From Los Angeles Times

Similar devastation is unfolding across several regions -- including western Darfur, neighbouring Kordofan and the central states of Sennar and Al-Jazirah -- as insecurity and economic collapse drive unchecked logging, according to Sudan's Forests National Corporation.

From Barron's

A former mining community turned tourist destination and academic hotspot, it lies in the fastest-warming region on the planet.

From Barron's