1.   The government offensive against Karen rebels based along the Thai border escalated during March.

2.   All the emergency teams are based along the U.S. border, the usual area for accidents.

3.   Checking Naval bases along Texas coast.

4.   First Union, with retail banking operations based along much of the East Coast, has been one of the most acquisitive banks in the country in recent years.

5.   In the years since, Indian and Pakistani troops based along the so-called Line of Control have periodically exchanged artillery and small-arms fire.

6.   The Iraqis turned back a plane carrying military observers based along the Kuwaiti border.

7.   A slew of ethnic groups waging insurgencies against the Burmese government are based along the Thai border.

8.   Ethnic insurgents fighting against the Myanmar regime have based themselves along the Thai border for decades, but relations between Thailand and Myanmar are generally cordial.

9.   Ethnic insurgents fighting the Myanmar regime have based themselves along the Thai border for decades, but relations between Thailand and Myanmar are generally cordial.

10.   Iran opposes a new accord based along territorial lines, which would leave it with the smallest share.