101.   They were forced into the interior by armed Hutu militiamen in retreat from battles with Zairian rebels at the eastern border.

102.   They have seized control of a third of the country since September in a swift push from the eastern border toward the interior.

103.   They have seized control of one-third of the country since September in a push from the eastern border toward the interior.

104.   Travelers from Iraq said Sunday that Jordan tightened security at its eastern borders, searching all vehicles and passengers coming in from Iraq.

105.   Truck traffic has increased substantially between the two countries since Poland tightened its eastern border in December at the urging of European Union countries worried about smugglers.

106.   Trade unionists meeting in the eastern border town of Mutare last week agreed to seek a final meeting with Mugabe before launching a strike action.

107.   U.N. officials said this could be true, but had no confirmation, in part because of lack of monitors on the eastern border with Yugoslavia.

108.   Ukraine strengthened its eastern borders with Russia to stop illegal migrants, expecting a migration flow from Afghanistan following U.S. strikes on that country, officials said Wednesday.

109.   Vietnam and Thailand have long vied for dominance over Cambodia and Laos, and the Thais were exceedingly uncomfortable having a Vietnamese army on their eastern border.

110.   Zimbabwe will add police and military patrols along the eastern border with neighboring Mozambique after an upsurge in bandit attacks, the government said Monday.