1.   Analysts said the ruling party got a last-minute boost from North KoreaUs military maneuvers on the North-South border last weekend.

2.   Relief officials warned Friday that tens of thousands of additional refugees could cross the Yugoslav border this weekend because of a renewed Serbian offensive in Kosovo.

3.   Umbarger was gunned down on the Somali-Kenya border last weekend in what authorities say was a random shooting.

4.   However, a few Kosovo men reaching the Albanian border this weekend have been recounting tales of their role as human barricades.

5.   The army and the Border Patrol Police began reinforcing their units along the border this weekend, sending additional troops, helicopter gunships and armored vehicles.

6.   Three Islamic militants had been killed during attempts to cross the border last weekend.