21.   Chinese state media carried brief reports Wednesday on the crossings, noting that Taiwan still bans direct travel from its main island to mainland China.

22.   Congolese President Laurent Kabila has flown to Libya, violating U.N. sanctions banning air travel to the North African country, Libya television reported.

23.   Cross-border travel is banned, and no direct communication exits.

24.   For years, Gadhafi has carried out high-profile acts of defiance of the U.N. sanctions, which ban air travel to and from Libya.

25.   Gadhafi had to drive to Egypt because the sanctions ban air travel to or from Libya.

26.   He has violated U-N sanctions banning air travel to the North African country.

27.   In addition to banning air travel to and from Libya, the sanctions limit the sale of oil equipment and freeze some Libyan assets abroad.

28.   In anticipation of a U.N. resolution banning the travel of some Iraqi officials, Saddam Hussein has recalled diplomats and posted others abroad, dissidents said Tuesday.

29.   It also would ban foreign travel by Iraqi soldiers, police and intelligence officers until U.N. inspectors certify that Baghdad is again cooperating with them.

30.   Last month, African foreign ministers, meeting in the Libyan capital Tripoli, called for lifting the sanctions, which ban air travel to and from Libya.