1.   Border troops fought a two-hour gun battle Tuesday with Taliban soldiers at a frontier crossing with Afghanistan.

2.   Farmers and truckers want better prices, so they blockade frontier crossings and highways throughout the country.

3.   Clashes between Serb and Kosovo Albanian guerrillas, along with NATO air missions, persisted Wednesday around the key frontier crossing at Morini.

4.   Clashes between Serb and Kosovo Albanian guerrillas, along with NATO air sorties, persisted Wednesday around the key frontier crossing at Morini.

5.   Heavy fighting between Serb and Kosovo Albanian guerrillas, along with NATO air sorties, continued through the night near the key frontier crossing at Morini.

6.   Heavy fighting between Serb and Kosovo guerrilla troops, along with NATO air sorties, continued through the night near the key frontier crossing at Morini.

7.   The guerrillas appear bent on capturing the frontier crossing and opening up a corridor into the southern part of Kosovo.

8.   The six have been charged with illegaly crossing the frontier, which carries a maximum term of one year in prison.

9.   The French government has stepped up border checks and deployed troops at frontier crossings since the wave of attacks.