31.   WANTS BORDER SEALED Still, Buchanan said that before any such program can become a reality, the United States needs to close its porous borders.

32.   With its vast jungles and porous borders, it is a natural bridge for immigrants headed to the United States.

33.   With such porous borders, experts argue, the allied campaign to choke off the fuel supplies would be far more effective if ground troops were involved.

34.   Porous borders and the lack of a professional local police force mean retaliatory action against Americans could have a bigger impact in Bosnia than in Yugoslavia.

35.   But it also has created a boom for merchants who import or smuggle goods across the porous borders.

36.   But the new freedom of movement and porous borders have opened up opportunities for smugglers as well.

37.   But villagers living near the porous border said smugglers were still moving trucks packed with wheat and flour into Afghanistan, urged on by skyrocketing prices there.

38.   Chavez has denied having sympathies or direct ties to Colombian rebels, who have used the porous border region between the two countries as a refuge.

39.   Despite the ban, thousands of Afghans have managed to enter Pakistan, crossing the porous border.

40.   Ethiopia and Kenya both have large ethnic Somali communities and long, porous borders with Somalia.