1.   The recent heightened loyalist threat appears to coincide with the removal of static vehicle checkpoints throughout Belfast.

2.   The Israeli security service Shin Bet was interrogating two Palestinians arrested at a vehicle checkpoint in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

3.   Police and soldiers backed by armored vehicles set up checkpoints in Beirut Wednesday night to enforce a government ban on street protests planned by labor unions and opposition groups.

4.   Police and soldiers backed by armored vehicles set up checkpoints in Beirut late Wednesday to enforce a government ban on street protests planned by labor unions and opposition groups.

5.   The explosion destroyed a vehicle checkpoint, police said.

6.   In a statement, the State Department said Japanese police would soon implement country-wide vehicle checkpoints.

7.   Most Kisangani shops were shuttered Tuesday as troops set up vehicle checkpoints and searched pedestrians.

8.   Most shops were shuttered tight Tuesday morning as troops set up vehicle checkpoints and searched pedestrians.

9.   SFOR said Tuesday the situation in Mostar was calm, and its troops continue to patrol the town and mount their own vehicle checkpoints.