21.   Ahmed had described attacks by rebels against government posts and forces along the strategic highway linking Khartoum to the Red Sea port of Port Sudan as legitimate acts.

22.   An investigation was launched into the incident, which came as Russia was beefing up its security forces along the border.

23.   Analysts said the company seems to be correcting problems associated with the realignment of its sales force along industry lines rather than geographical boundaries.

24.   But Greece will not be reducing its forces along the border with longtime rival Turkey or on Aegean Sea islands near the Turkish coast.

25.   But truckloads of machine-gun toting soldiers were out in force along the road to the airport.

26.   But Rifaat stayed away and Hezbollah proved a stabilizing force along the Lebanon-Israeli border.

27.   Concerned about the latest Chinese nuclear test, India began another round of talks with Beijing Friday on reducing their forces along their disputed Himalayan frontier.

28.   Croatian and Bosnian Serbs have forged a defense pact, but an international force along the border could hamper their cooperation.

29.   Eritrea is demanding the U.N. peacekeeping force along its border with Ethiopia dismantle some observation posts, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

30.   Ethnic Albanian rebels in the valley launched an attack Friday on Serb forces along the buffer zone, killing one policeman and wounding two others, Serb officials said.