11.   Several hundred Hamas leaders and followers had waited at the Rafah crossing point from Egypt all afternoon.

12.   Since then, Douglas has developed the reputation as the most corrupt of six border crossing points in Arizona, according to law enforcement sources.

13.   Tens of thousands are waiting at crossing points on the borders with Pakistan and Iran, aid workers said.

14.   That operation, called Brass Ring, employs roving teams of inspectors that arrive at crossing points and conduct intensive inspections of trucks, Customs officials said.

15.   Palestinian and Israeli security commanders met for the first time in a week on Wednesday at the Erez crossing point between Israel and Gaza.

16.   Pakistan has stopped erecting a barbed wire fence along a main border crossing point into Afghanistan after objections from the new Afghan authorities, officials said Wednesday.

17.   Plainclothes fighters manned the Roum crossing point down the hills from Jezzine.

18.   After nightfall, Palestinians opened fire on an Israeli truck near the Kissufim crossing point in Gaza, killing another Israeli.

19.   Another explosion went off at a roadside near the Sufa crossing point in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two and injuring two.

20.   Arafat and several top aides met Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami at the Erez crossing point into the early hours of today.