The epicenter: Wenchuan County, a lush, mountainous region with a population of more than 111, 000 people.
His mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, told the AP that her son greatly enjoyed his time with her relatives, but never traveled to her native village in a mountainous region of Dagestan, which is a hotbed of an ultraconservative strain of Islam known as Wahabbism.
Outside was a mountainous heap of ash an altar formed of a thousand sacrifices.
If you're looking to appease a mountainous appetite, head back to the hotel's Mountain Burrito Company, where you'll get a 20% discount on Mexican food with a backwoods twist (bison burritos, anyone?).
Lesotho - a tiny mountainous kingdom surrounded by South Africa - has a history of coups and political unrest.
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The green, mountainous Crimea is a wild and fairly undiscovered beach destination in Eastern Europe.
Take, for example, the province of Bamiyan, a mountainous region in the center of the country.
Mr Maillaud added that such vehicles were common during the tourist season in a mountainous region.
The prime southern destination is the Antarctic Peninsula, a mountainous continuation of the Andes.
More than 20 militants also died in the clashes in a mountainous northern region, France's defence ministry said.
Her body was discovered in a mountainous area in the foothills near Hollywood.
At least 27 people have been killed in landslides in a mountainous area north of Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains.
The Czech Republic consists of the ancient provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, with a mountainous rim on its western border with Germany.
They have reasserted control in isolated areas of Afghanistan such as Nuristan Province, a mountainous region north of Kabul and adjacent to Pakistan.
The coastal cliffs and spectacular abrasion platforms of the Cantabrian Coast are bordered by a mountainous landscape rising to heights of 1000 m.
After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria, and almost died.
The deaths, damage and recovery efforts came after a total of three quakes struck the region in rapid succession in a mountainous region.
Despite the army's efforts, it retains a base at Sumapaz, a mountainous massif to the south that lies within the capital's administrative boundary.
Its special forces also have long experience in fighting Kurdish rebels in south-eastern Turkey - a mountainous region whose terrain is similar to Afghanistan.
The crash happened in a mountainous area of State Route 38, between Mentone and Forest Falls, San Bernardino Fire Department spokesman Eric Sherwin said.
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And we're expecting most of the conflict is going to take place in a mountainous stretch that goes across three of those provinces: Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul.
Viewers in a mountainous area near the coast of County Mayo have been unable to watch the series since New Year's Day when the state-backed RTE network lost the rights to the soap.
The world's largest mountain gorilla population, thought to number fewer than 500 animals, is found in a mountainous region known as the Virungas, incorporating Uganda's Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and Virunga National Park.
In particular the Germans, with traditionally the strongest economy and currency in Europe, were loth to sign up to monetary union with Italy, given its tradition of mountainous debts, a weak currency and inflation.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) The hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in a mountainous region near Tunisia's borders with Algeria in recent days has raised alarm that the birthplace of the Arab Spring has become the latest battleground for violent jihadis.
The world's largest mountain gorilla population, thought to number less than 500 animals, is found in a mountainous region known as the Virungas, incorporating Volcanoes, Uganda's Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Get a decent mining operation going, and the country's mountainous liabilities will soon be a thing of the past.
With a population of just 650, 000 and a territory the size of Northern Ireland, the mountainous mini-state would be a midget on its own.
Rockslides at a scenic mountainous area near the epicenter injured several people, the agency said.
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