Many business owners are in hiding after a wave of kidnappings, and rebels control large swaths of the country.

From this home base they also controlled at various times large swaths of additional territory throughout what is now the northeastern United States.

Feudal lords known as Vanniar resident in the village controlled large swaths of farm land around the village and the region.

The rebels control large swaths of land that produce coca and provide the rebels' main source of financing.

The accord promises to bring the rebels, who control vast swaths of the destitute countryside, into the political mainstream.

See, Major League Baseball has a convenient anti-trust exemption that allows its member organizations to control entire swaths of the country.

In today's world such abbeys seem an odd concept, but during the Middle Ages they controlled huge swaths of land.

Across the country, rebel groups made up predominantly of Uzbeks, Hazaras and Aimaqs control vast swaths of territory.

Controlling large swaths of the nation's economic output, they employed thousands of people who toiled under authoritarian bosses, and their muscle upstaged many small manufacturers.

The seven groups of Muslim rebels, whose commanders control great swaths of the countryside as warlords, are divided among themselves.