There is no independent confirmation of the tolls, and the region has been closed to outsiders.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

He also urged Russians elsewhere to refer to people from the region as fellow citizens,not outsiders.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"The jihadists in Iraq were the outsiders.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

Some of the local residents in Searchlight did not like the fact that outsiders had come in to target Senator Reid, who faces a difficult re-election bid this year, in part,because of his work in guiding the divisive health care reform bill through Congress.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28