41.   Even as German soldiers bask in a glow of popularity for defending the eastern border against floodwaters, the army is battling for self-preservation.

42.   Evgueni Verlin, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Beijing, denied there were any disputed areas on the eastern border.

43.   Experts say most are smuggled west to Thailand, although some cross the eastern border into Vietnam.

44.   Fear gripped the small hamlets around the eastern French border, with some people reportedly barricading themselves in their homes.

45.   Germany is eager to quickly sign up east European nations, to secure its eastern borders.

46.   Hadhramaut, a conservative region along the eastern border with Oman, is home to lawless tribes that have kidnapped foreigners for ransom.

47.   He confessed to belonging to the little known Chimwenje Freedom Fighters, a small group of rebels based in a hideout across the eastern border in Mozambique.

48.   He also accused Uganda of sending surface-to-air missiles to another rebel-controlled city, Goma, on the eastern border with Rwanda.

49.   Heavy snowfall was reported in southern districts and sandstorms in desert regions on the eastern border with Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

50.   Hundreds of immigrants, mostly Iraqi Kurds, make their way to Greece across its eastern border each year.