1.   There were minor skirmishes between Indian and Pakistani troops across the border.

2.   The incident occurred at the end of a week of unusually heavy artillery and small-arms skirmishing between Indian and Pakistani troops across the Kashmir border.

3.   Diplomats said there are credible reports that Kabila has sent hundreds of troops across to the neighboring Congo Republic.

4.   He bristled when asked whether that meant US soldiers are now working with Pakistani troops across the border, as some villagers have reported.

5.   Helicopter gunships over the weekend destroyed a flotilla of eight Sea Tiger boats as they tried to avoid artillery fire from troops across the lagoon.

6.   India had previously sent its troops across the border in pursuit of rebels many times but with little success in the difficult terrain.

7.   On occasion both countries sent troops across the border to help secure a strip of the eastern part of the country, U.S. government officials say.

8.   Or the Apaches could fire at Serb troops just across the border while hovering over Albania.

9.   Several Girl Scout troops across the country even have set up Web pages to solicit sales.

10.   The canal gave Sweden a way to move grain and troops directly across the country to the Atlantic, through the seaport at Gothenburg.