eastern
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In Durban, in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, protesters gathered outside a government refugee reception centre demanding that it stop accepting asylum applications.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The projected path is on the eastern side of the Gulf.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Russian forces have edged close to the city's eastern fringes, which has prompted calls for the civilians who remain to relocate to safer regions of Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The man is Kenya’s first reported death from an Ebola strain that has killed more than 4,000 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the past five months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
When the Trojans had taken leave of their kind hosts and had successfully rounded the eastern tip of Italy, they kept on sailing southwestward around Sicily with all confidence in their prophetic guide.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
