1.   The soldiers were deployed to help paramilitary police seal the border.

2.   Thailand subsequently sealed the border to prevent the influx of more Lao civilians.

3.   As the refugee camps grew in Ingushetia, the Russians temporarily sealed the border, leaving thousands of people stranded in Chechnya and setting off an international outcry.

4.   Aznar has rejected allegations that Europe is seeking to seal its borders to anybody from outside, which the candidate countries of Eastern Europe fear also means them.

5.   A limited operation to seal the borders of the breakaway republic, and to occupy the pro-Russian parts, had been planned for months.

6.   After decades of open immigration, the mood in this country seems to be moving to seal the borders, with armed troops if necessary.

7.   After the blast Friday, Israel sealed its borders with the West Bank and Gaza Strip, preventing Palestinian workers from entering.

8.   But few U.N. officials or diplomats familiar with the region believe that Milosevic has sealed the borders entirely.

9.   But Israel sealed its borders with the West Bank and Gaza last week and rejected an offer by Hamas to negotiate a truce.

10.   But western neighbor Iran announced it would seal its borders against the expected flood of refugees.