21.   Interior Minister Jean-Louis Debre said France was tightening its borders as a precaution, and train stations and airports across France were on alert and increasing security.

22.   Republics bordering on Chechnya have tightened their borders in hopes of keeping out criminals.

23.   The Cabinet, which met Tuesday, announced the government would review its visa policy and take measures to tighten its borders.

24.   The Cabinet met Tuesday and announced the government would review its visa policy and take measures to tighten its borders.

25.   The Cabinet met Tuesday to discuss the smuggling and announced the government would review its visa policy and take measures to tighten its borders.

26.   The EU wants Hungary to tighten its border.

27.   Zambia tightens borders against Zairian weapons.

28.   Greece tightened its border with Albania on Thursday and threatened economic retaliation after a court in Tirana jailed five ethnic Greeks on charges of spying for Athens.

29.   Hungary deployed thousands of police and tightened its borders Friday as part of a massive manhunt for two gunmen who shot dead seven people during a bank robbery.

30.   They added that Washington could respond to reprisals against Jordan by urging Turkey to tighten its border with Iraq, further constricting Baghdad.