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His first stories and sketches of life in Central Asia and the Middle East appeared in that newspaper and led to several collections of short stories .
 location: Central Asia; location: Middle East
Please list all entity words in the text that fit the category.Output format is "type1: word1; type2: word2". 
Option: location, person, organization 
Text: {0} 
Answer:
 location: Central Asia; location: Middle East