21.   A moderate cleric, Soueidan handled religious affairs of the Shiites in southern Lebanon, where predominantly Shiite guerrillas are fighting Israeli occupation of a border zone.

22.   Affluent cattle ranchers are a more common target of kidnappers in the remote border zone.

23.   Also Saturday, Hezbollah attacked the Dabshe outpost in the central sector of the Israeli-occupied border zone, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity.

24.   Although the government has declared its campaign to clear the border zone of rebel strongholds a success, the guerrillas say they have merely pulled back and regrouped.

25.   Although the government has declared victory in its campaign to clear the border zone of rebel strongholds, the guerrillas say they have merely pulled back and regrouped.

26.   An army statement said the helicopters attacked targets in the Jabel Sefi area, north of the Israeli-occupied border zone in south Lebanon.

27.   Any operation within the tense border zone risks armed clashes between North Korea and South Korea.

28.   At the time of the kidnappings, Urrego was commanding FARC fighters in the border zone where the missionaries disappeared, Perdomo said.

29.   Barak has promised to withdraw troops by July from a border zone in Lebanon that Israel occupies to protect its northern towns.

30.   Bicko gave no reason, but the border zone has been tense since a failed May coup in the Central African Republic.