31.   Taliban troops have been preventing Afghans fleeing the cities from reaching the border.

32.   The Americans reached the border before daybreak Friday, and headed on to Amman, the Jordanian capital.

33.   The tanks from Yugoslavia were headed toward eastern Croatia, but they were expected to stop before reaching the border.

34.   The United States would like to see concrete action from Mexico to crack down on immigrant smugglers and stop the human traffic before it reaches the border.

35.   They reached the border in the middle of the night, and were stopped by Swiss officials.

36.   Three times they reached the border -- only to be turned back by Macedonian guards.

37.   Two U.S. Embassy officials investigating reports of refugee movements were prevented from reaching the border Tuesday by Thai forces.

38.   When we reached the Pakistani border, we were told we could take it off.

39.   But for thousands who fled Krajina following the recent Croatian offensive, reaching the border at all remained a distant, unrealistic hope.

40.   Yeltsin, quoted by Interfax news agency, said the rebels had broken a promise to free the hostages when they reached the Dagestan-Chechnya border.