1.   American officials have suggested that American soldiers might cross the border into Pakistan in pursuit of the fleeing enemy, a possibility that has caused a political maelstrom here.

2.   As the fighting raged, several Taliban soldiers crossed the front lines near Kunduz to switch sides.

3.   But customs officials, in a carefully worded statement, suggested the Mexican soldiers had crossed the border.

4.   But it was quite beyond their comprehension that NATO forces would delay their own entry into Kosovo over an infantile squabble about whose soldiers should cross the frontier first.

5.   Eritrea has refused to withdraw, asserting that its soldiers had never crossed what it says is the border.

6.   India said that Pakistani soldiers crossed into Indian territory and occupied Indian land, a version that the United States has supported.

7.   Putin did not say exactly where the soldiers crossed into Chechnya and there were no reports of ground fighting, but tensions were running high.

8.   South Korean stocks pared gains on a report a few North Korean soldiers crossed over into the South and are holding two South Korean farmers hostage.

9.   The Indonesian government initially said that the Australian soldiers had crossed illegally into West Timor, and that that may have prompted the firefight.

10.   The Mexican Consulate in El Paso confirmed that soldiers accidentally crossed into the United States.