southern
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Monday's quake was caused by a movement on the Cotabato Trench, off the country's southern tip.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
On Thursday, Israeli troops pulled out of the southern municipality of Dibbin and were replaced by the Lebanese.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Hundreds of aftershocks have jolted southern Philippines after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake left dozens of people dead and hundreds more injured.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Tehran called the attack a "warning" after strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The economic injustice toward Virginia and most of the southern states—South Carolina was the exception, since it had not retired much of its debt was bad enough.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
