11.   Four people arrested aboard the freighter were taken to a national court in Madrid, said a civil guard official who asked not to be identified.

12.   Hokkaido fisheries officials made the promise at a meeting with Russian border guard officials on a Japanese patrol boat off the easternmost Hokkaido city of Nemuro, they said.

13.   It said Russian border guard officials were investigating the incident.

14.   Russian border guard officials threatened to retaliate for the attack, which they blamed on Chechen rebels, the Interfax news agency said.

15.   The border guard officials who were involved were demoted as a result, it said.

16.   The sentence handed to Baumgarten was one of the highest against several border guard officials who have been previously convicted in border killings.

17.   Thirty-six Afghans were found Wednesday by Hungarian border guards after having been abandoned by human smugglers, a border guard official told state-run radio.

18.   High-ranking Hungarian army and border guard officials viewed five supply and service bases with US logistics experts, officials told AFP.

19.   Hungary started talks to reinstate visa obligations with certain east European countries following EU requests, a border guard official told AFP Thursday.

20.   Indian army and border guard officials have indefinitely suspended the transportation of food and arms by foot to forward bunkers and posts, a top police officer said.