111.   In Beirut, hundreds of soldiers in combat gear manned checkpoints near government buildings, the central bank, private television stations and major crossroads.

112.   In the exercises, the Russians and US soldiers manned a checkpoint in the fictional country Atlantica, which has just ended a civil gar.

113.   In the capital, hundreds of soldiers in combat gear manned checkpoints near government buildings, the central bank, private television stations and major crossroads.

114.   In the eastern sector, Moslem police were manning a checkpoint leading to the bridge over the Neretva river that joins the two sides of Mostar.

115.   A UN soldier manning the checkpoint was lifting the barrier only to some UN vehicles and journalists.

116.   At least six people were killed and four wounded on Friday when gunmen manning a checkpoint fired on a lorry outside the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.

117.   Brigadier General Ponciano Millena said an Abu Sayyaf member was shot dead when he tried to disarm a Marine manning a checkpoint outside Jolo city at dawn.

118.   The Palestinian man threw a Molotov cocktail at the soldiers manning the checkpoint, who chased him.

119.   They have protested that Russian IFOR troops manning a checkpoint at the entrance to the village were allowing them to leave but preventing them from coming back.

120.   Two Tajik soldiers were killed overnight by unknown assailants as they manned a checkpoint east of the capital Dushanbe, the interior ministry announced Thursday.