Sentence examples for central towns from inspiring English sources

In Tunisia, tribes are no longer a source of social or political power, but they have left a legacy in southern and central towns like Sidi Bouzid.

Sectarian violence in Myanmar, formerly Burma, began over a year ago in Rakhine State, in the country's west, and spread to the central towns of Meiktila and Okkan.

A court sentenced the former interior minister and seven security chiefs to up to 15 years in jail on Wednesday over the killing of hundreds of protesters in the central towns where the Arab Spring began.

An Isis eastern offensive has hit oilfields at Fida, Maradah and Zillah in the Sirte Basin, centre of Libya's oil industry, and militants have clashed with local forces around the central towns of Beni Walid and Sabha.

CAIRO — Syria's military forces continued pressing to crush a three-month-old popular uprising on Thursday, shelling a string of southern and central towns even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bashar al-Assad that his legitimacy had "nearly run out".

The protests on Friday were held under the slogan "Patience and Determination," and while the number of casualties paled in comparison with previous Fridays, security forces killed at least five demonstrators in eastern and central towns, where large protests were reported.

This week they killed two Kenyan and two British teachers in the central town of Beledweyne.

The central town, Decazeville, was named in his honour in 1829.

In the central town of Rastan, army defectors and government troops have clashed for the past week.

Last week the central town of Mahadeey was overrun by Somali troops backed by Amisom.

Several bridges were swept away in Olbia and in the region near the central town of Nuoro.