function FilterRegion(region,str) {
 var re  = '';
 var r = null;

 switch(region) {
	case 'Global': re = "Global";
			break;
	case 'APAC'  : re = "(Australia|Brunei|Cambodia|China|Taiwan|Fiji|Guam|Indonesia|Japan|Kiribati|Korea|Laos|Malaysia|Marshall Islands|Micronesia|Nauru|New Zealand|Northern Marianas|Palau|Papua New Guinea|Philippines|Samoa|Singapore|Solomon Islands|Thailand|Timor-Leste|Tonga|Tuvalu|Vanuatu|Vietnam|Myanmar|India|Mongolia)";
			break;
	case 'EMEA'         : re = "(Russia|Belarus|Bulgaria|Czech Republic|Hungary|Moldovab|Poland|Romania|Slovakia|Ukraine|Åland|Denmark|Estonia|Faroe Islands|Finland|Guernsey|Iceland|Ireland|Isle of Man|Jersey|Latvia|Lithuania|Norway|Sweden|United Kingdom|UK|Albania|Andorra|Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croatia|Gibraltar|Greece|Italy|Macedonia|Malta|Montenegro|Portugal|San Marino|Serbia|Slovenia|Spain|Vatican|Austria|Belgium|France|Germany|Liechtenstein|Luxembourg|Monaco|Netherlands|Switzerland|Armenia|Azerbaijan|Cyprus|Kazakhstan|Turkey|Iran|Iraq|Kuwait|Bahrain|Oman|Qatar|Saudi Arabia|United Arab Emirates|UAE|Yemen|Israel|Jordan|Lebanon|Syria|Algeria|Egypt|Lybia|Tunisia|Morocco|Palestine|Burundi|Comoros|Djibouti|Eritrea|Ethiopia|Kenya|Madagascar|Malawi|Mauritius|Mayotte|Mozambique|Réunion|Rwanda|Seychelles|Somalia|Tanzania|Uganda|Zambia|Zimbabwe|Angola|Cameroon|Central African Republic|Chad|Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Equatorial Guinea|Gabon|São Tomé and Príncipe|Sudan|Western Sahara|Canary Islands|Ceuta|Madeira Islands|Melilla|Botswana|Lesotho|Namibia|South Africa|North Africa|Swaziland|Benin|Burkina Faso|Cape Verde|Côte d'Ivoire|Gambia|Guinea|Liberia|Mali|Mauritania|Niger|Nigeria|Saint Helena|Senegal|Sierra Leone|Togo|EMEA|Middle East|Benelux)";
			break;
	case 'North America':	re = "(US|Canada)";
			break;
	case 'Latin America':	re = "(Argentina|Bolivia|Brazil|Chile|Colombia|Costa Rica|Cuba|Dominican Republic|Ecuador|El Salvador|Guatemala|Honduras|Mexico|Nicaragua|Panama|Paraguay|Peru|Puerto Rico|Uruguay|Venezuela|French Guiana|Guadeloupe|Martinique|Saint-Barthélemy|Saint Martin|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|Aruba|Netherlands Antilles)";
			break;
 
 }


 r = new RegExp(re);

 return r.test(str);
 
}