Three years ago the aborigines gained the legal right to bar testing in the region, which is some 300 miles north of Adelaide.

The practice was eventually discarded when Christianity gained dominance in the region.

MLP was able to offer discounts to its members and thus gained significant influence in the region.

The Romans were victorious, gaining land and influence in the region.

This has also been dismissed, by those who say it would allow the Russians to gain ground in the region.

We also cannot allow the terrorists to gain safe haven elsewhere in the region.

Its conquest meant to gain an important bridgehead in the region.

The party received funding from Germany and was able to provide no-interest loans to its members, gaining significant influence in the region.

Did we really not see that Iran was using this conflict as a means of gaining hegemony in the region?

At the turn of the first millennium, the Hoysalas gained power in the region.