71.   Russian border guards on Tuesday fired on two groups of suspected drug smugglers trying to enter Tajikistan, leaving seven dead, officials said.

72.   Several human rights workers fled when the guards fired their guns into the air.

73.   Russian border guards fired warning shots and detained a Japanese fishing boat Friday that was discovered in Russian waters, a news agency reported.

74.   Russian border guards fired warning shots in the regional capital Sukhumi after Abkhazian troops tried to prevent them from enforcing the new restrictions.

75.   Russian border guards have fired warning shots at Japanese fishing boats and detained Japanese fishermen for allegedly poaching in what Moscow considers its territorial waters.

76.   Russian border guards have often fired at the boats when orders to stop are not obeyed.

77.   Russian border guards have repeatedly fired at Japanese fishing vessels, saying the boats were poaching.

78.   Russian border guards fired warning shots at several Japanese fishing boats in Russian territorial waters near the disputed Kuril Islands, officials said Friday.

79.   South Korean guards then fired warning shots into the air.

80.   Southern guards fired at the northern post with recoiless rifles.