11.   The Bush administration also wants North Korea to ease the threat that its massive conventional military forces along the border pose to South Korea.

12.   The Egyptian government mobilized an immense security force along major roadways, hotels and meeting places.

13.   The Marine patrol was part of a congressionally approved drug-interdiction force along the U.S.-Mexico border.

14.   The positioning of its forces along the demilitarized zone is one of the most sensitive security issues for the North.

15.   The standoff between India and Pakistan began in December after five heavily armed men attacked its Parliament, and India begain building up its forces along the border.

16.   The Serb artillery reportedly killed two civilians in Tropoje, on the third day of fighting between Kosovar rebels and Serb forces along the border with Albania.

17.   The Serbs followed it up by planting more mines, strengthening their forces along the border and mounting raids into Albania.

18.   U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has suggested a peacekeeping force along the border.

19.   A buildup of multinational forces along the Afghan border raised expectations Wednesday that coalition troops might make new gains in the hunt for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

20.   A Saudi Arabian Defense Ministry official denied reports that his country is massing forces along its northern border in comments to the official Saudi Press Agency.