And most watch in disgust as the few jobs available in the three ethnic regions go to supporters of the three dominant parties.

Only now are its policy makers acknowledging how difficult the region's ethnic and political crosscurrents can be.

The Soviet Union had many ethnic regions called "republics".

The affected population lives in seven areas of the ethnic Somali region, the agency was quoted by the official press as saying.

The former ethnic region of Lithuania Minor belongs to different states today.

The army has been widely accused of mistreating the local population with impunity, and is viewed as an occupying force in the ethnic regions.

Family members do not necessarily have to be blood related and can be from different ethnic regions.

Reject the easy solution of cantonment, separating Bosnia into ethnic regions.

Soviets said to pull nuclear arms from some ethnic regions Peace talks in Liberia moved slowly.

Now, after the peace treaty, Bandarban stands as a locally governed ethnic region together with the two other hill districts.