1.   He had made several unsuccessful attempts to get in touch with his two teen-age sons and grandmother, who live in Fort Liberte, near the Dominican border.

2.   U.S. plans to beef up vigilance at the porous Dominican border may rob her again of her ability to support her three children.

3.   Four others, wounded in a shootout with police, were killed by civilians wielding machetes near the Dominican border, police said.

4.   He was still suffering dehydration and seemed disoriented when he arrived in the Dominican border town of Barahona.

5.   New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir has discussed plans with Fernandez to search out accused drug traffickers within Dominican borders.

6.   The men were then taken to a jail in the Dominican border town of Elias Pina, it said.

7.   Another person was shot and killed by an assailant near the Dominican border, local radio reported.

8.   Dominican border guards enforcing an international embargo on Haiti killed a Haitian attempting to smuggle gasoline back to his country, Domincan authorities said Sunday.

9.   Dominican border orders now allow only Haitians returning to their country to cross the frontier.

10.   Dominican President, Joaquin Balaguer, said Thursday he would cooperate fully with UN efforts to prevent any violation of the anti-Haiti embargo at the Dominican border.