1.   Horns blare, voices rise, and Palestinian police move in to clear the checkpoint for the day.

2.   NATO troops have so far met no resistance in clearing frontline checkpoints and local military commandes also said things were going smoothly.

3.   NATO troops have so far met no resistance in clearing front-line checkpoints, and local military commanders also said things were going smoothly.

4.   NATO troops have so far met no resistance in clearing frontline checkpoints.

5.   NATO troops have so far met no resistance in clearing front-line checkpoints.

6.   Two ground crew employees cleared the checkpoint with a pocketknife and a corkscrew while a pilot passed without proper identification, airport spokeswoman Suzanne Luber said.

7.   When the six pilgrimage buses finally cleared the last military checkpoint, darkness had fallen.

8.   The United Nations said nine UN checkpoints have been cleared so far after negotiations between the protestors and the Croatian government.