31.   He spoke after clashes between Palestinian rock-throwers and Israeli troops across the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

32.   He threatened to send Taliban troops across the border if the country is a neighbor.

33.   In Ramallah, Palestinian gunmen battled Israeli troops across a traffic circle.

34.   Instead Turkey says it is ready to send thousands of troops across the frontier to prevent any influx of Kurdish refugees.

35.   It had peacekeepers in Georgia, border guards in Armenia and Interior Ministry troops across the northern Caucasus in Russia itself.

36.   Kabila has accused neighboring Rwanda of sending troops across its borders, where ethnic Tutsi rebels reportedly captured two major eastern towns.

37.   Kabila claims that Rwanda has troops across the border to sponsor a rebellion by ethnic Tutsi Congolese against his government, and has threatened war against Rwanda.

38.   Lebanese civilians throw stones at Israeli troops across the border fence almost daily, sometimes provoking gunfire.

39.   Meanwhile, Iran is leery of Western troops just across its border in Afghanistan.

40.   Pakistan denies it has sent troops across the disputed Kashmir border and accuses India of using the military operation as a pretext to try to annex Pakistani territory.