The majority of close races this year are in rural, Western and southern areas, where gun ownership and hunting are more popular.

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Despite the claims of Western politicians, burkhas remain the norm in rural areas of Afghanistan and a common sight on the streets of the cities.

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C. and Baltimore, but stresses that he's also reaching out to more conservative and rural areas, like the eastern shore and western Maryland.

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The PKK, which has a Marxist-Leninist philosophy, at first carried out attacks in rural areas but moved into cities in the 1990s and expanded to include Turkish diplomatic interests in Western Europe, according to the U.S. State Department.

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But as China's coastal provinces -- which were first opened for Western-style economic reform in 1979 -- grow more expensive, more companies are moving factories into rural areas, sparking a new wave of development and giving workers more options closer to home.

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