• Nosima, a 19-year-old Rohingya, says that after four years in Bangladesh the local MP in the border district of Bandarban sent her family and a few others back to Myanmar.

    ECONOMIST: More grief for the Rohingyas

  • The aircraft landed in strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday in a village in the Azra district of Logar province, southeast of Kabul and about 30 kilometers, or 20 miles, from the Pakistan border, said district governor Hamidullah Hamid.

    WSJ: Taliban Capture 9 From Helicopter in Afghanistan

  • Located in a very disadvantaged area at the border of Bou Hlel district, it has 157 pupils and has lead for a year, successful activities in the field of non-formal citizenship education.

    UNESCO: THEMES

  • Mr. BRITTAIN: Well, that rewards the sinner, so to speak for the sins of segregation by allowing the white flight to take place, and then insulating it, like Gary said, with this kind of apartheid border between the urban district and the suburban district.

    NPR: De Facto School Segregation Growing, Study Says

  • The bomber, who was on a motorcycle, struck at a market in Samkani district near the Pakistan border.

    BBC: Afghan children die as suicide bomber targets soldiers

  • Another three soldiers were wounded in the remote mountainous district near the Afghan border.

    NPR: 8 Pakistani Soldiers And Police Killed In Violence

  • Mr Brahma was beaten and accused by villagers in Chirang district, on the border with Bhutan.

    BBC: India

  • Luo says there were 72 people per square kilometer in his native district near the Russian border.

    FORBES: Issues & Ideas

  • The militants began their raid on the town of Shaltalo in a remote, mountainous corner of Upper Dir district, near the border with Kunar province of Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

    BBC: Afghan militants ambush Pakistan troops in Upper Dir

  • More than 1, 500 crossed the border after troops entered the Baba Amr district of Homs earlier this month after four weeks of bombardment.

    BBC: Syria crisis: Clashes spill over Lebanese border

  • The crash happened just before 5 p.m. on an above-ground track on the Red Line in the District of Columbia near the border with Takoma Park, Maryland.

    CNN: Six killed in Washington-area Metro train collision

  • This district, near the Afghan border, is known to be a Taliban stronghold and a place where there are a large number of foreign militants, says the BBC's Aleem Maqbool.

    BBC: US drone 'kills 8' in Pakistan

  • At least 13 Pakistani security troops were killed in a similar cross-border raid by Taliban in the neighbouring Lower Dir district two months ago.

    BBC: Afghan militants ambush Pakistan troops in Upper Dir

  • The Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife have since appealed the case directly to the Supreme Court, because the REAL ID Act again, in the interest of expediting border fence construction eliminated the option of appealing district court decisions on the DHS waiver to any of the federal appellate courts, making direct appeal to the Supreme Court the only legal option left.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Green Borders

  • The Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife have since appealed the case directly to the Supreme Court, because the REAL ID Act -- again, in the interest of expediting border fence construction -- eliminated the option of appealing district court decisions on the DHS waiver to any of the federal appellate courts, making direct appeal to the Supreme Court the only legal option left.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Green Borders

  • Being so close to the west, the 100, 000 people in the surrounding district along what was the east side of the border between communism and capitalism have benefited more than most of their fellow Ossis since reunification.

    ECONOMIST: Germany

  • Dale Cortman prepared to lead a large supply convoy across Garmsir District, which had long been a lawless region near the border with Pakistan.

    NPR: Trip Illuminates Life on Bases Across Afghan Desert

  • The biggest drama, however, comes in an election to fill a vacancy in a congressional district in rural New York, a Republican stronghold near the Canadian border.

    ECONOMIST: Local elections in America

  • Azra, the restive district where the helicopter made the forced landing, is close to the Pakistani border and local officials say that while there are some Afghan government forces there, the Taliban and other insurgents have a strong presence.

    BBC: Afghan map

  • Pooja's family lives in a small village in Bikaner district, just 2km (1.2 miles) from the India-Pakistan border fence.

    BBC: Pakistan returns Indian girl who strayed across border

  • The district includes part of Tucson and large stretches of ranch lands stretching to the Mexican border, where anger at illegal immigration runs strong.

    WSJ: Giffords Shows Encouraging Responses

  • Two ANP workers were killed in a grenade attack in the northwestern district of Swabi, four people died in election violence in the area of Chaman on the Afghan border, and two others were killed in the Mian Channu area of Punjab, Pakistan's state TV said.

    WSJ: Irregularities at Polls, Strong Turnout as Pakistan Votes

  • Two ANP workers were killed in a hand grenade attack in the northwestern district of Swabi, four people died in election violence in the area of Chaman on the Afghan border, and two others were killed in the Mian Channu area of Punjab, Pakistan's state TV said.

    WSJ: Violence as Pakistan Votes

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