41.   Russian troops currently help guard the border between Georgia and Turkey, as well as in the separatist Black Sea region of Abkhazia.

42.   Russian troops help guard the borders in Georgia, a former Soviet republic.

43.   Russian troops are helping the government in the former Soviet republic guard its border with Afghanistan against insurgents, guns and drugs.

44.   Russian troops guard the border at the request of the Tajik government, which is composed of former Communists.

45.   Tajik tribesmen attacked Russian troops stationed in the former Soviet republic to help prop up its government and guard the border with Afghanistan, a news report said Monday.

46.   The Afghan forces are moving in from the north, and Pakistani troops are guarding their border.

47.   Syria plays a dominant role in Lebanon, while Israel has withdrawn its forces from the south and disbanded a security belt that guarded the border.

48.   The border was heavily guarded during the Soviet era, and border clashes broke out on occasion.

49.   Thai soldiers guarding the border with Cambodia take up firing positions.

50.   The border guards sent a statement of protest to the Afghan military leadership responsible for guarding the border, urging them to ensure law and order, Interfax said.