11.   Pakistan has positioned tanks and additional troops along the border to prevent Osama bin Laden or al-Qaida and Taliban fighters from entering.

12.   Sattar made the statement while Pakistan itself fueled the tinderbox by pouring troops along the frontier.

13.   Several House lawmakers who favor strict immigration measures called Tuesday on President Bush to deploy troops along the borders with Mexico and Canada.

14.   That calls for stationing troops along thousands of miles of shared borders with Canada and Mexico.

15.   The Greek government has reinforced its troops along the border with Albania.

16.   The Lebanese government has resisted international calls to deploy troops along the border, arguing that Lebanon cannot be seen openly protecting Israel.

17.   The military and the National Guard assist the agencies, flying over the area with helicopters and posting troops along the border with night scopes.

18.   The number of deaths have dropped sharply in recent years largely because the two sides voluntarily reduced the number of troops along the line.

19.   The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that Russian troops along the safe corridor were exacting bribes from people wishing to leave Grozny.