1.   Newly opened borders and the expansion of free trade have eased the challenge of smuggling small arms, especially those from the former territories of the Soviet bloc.

2.   Saleh entered Syria through the newly opened border crossing point at Tanef and told reporters that his country would further improve relations with Syria.

3.   The two sides also halted propaganda broadcasts along the border, opened border liaison offices and started work to reconnect a cross-border railway.

4.   Two decades of economic reforms have given people money to buy drugs and opened borders so traffickers can reach them.

5.   Fourteen others were Hutus who returned home on foot though a newly opened border post at Kibuye, Zaire.

6.   They entered Jordan via the newly opened border posts at Wadi Araba in the south and the Sheikh Hussein bridge over the River Jordan in the north.