1.   Neither Egyptian nor Libyan border guards tried to intervene to reopen the crossing, which is usually crowded with travelers and trucks passing in both directions.

2.   Russia planned to reopen border crossings between Chechnya and the republic of Ingushetia on Friday, the news agency Interfax cited Ingush Interior Minister Khazmat Gutseriyev as saying.

3.   With the war now officially over, authorities reopened the crossing at the town of Ganta on Sunday.

4.   Authorities said that, weather permitting, crews would renew efforts Saturday to clear away snow to reopen the crossing.

5.   But reopening the crossing between Dobrinja and Butmir is likely to have a muted material impact on Sarajevo.

6.   The WFP says that aid supplies in Bukavu will run out within a week if the Cyangugu border crossing is not reopened immediately.