41.   Meanwhile Labor Minister Javier Arenas pledged police protection and free passage for all truck drivers wishing to ignore the strike.

42.   Mladic reportedly reiterated he would then ensure free passage of aid and utilities to Sarajevo and would order military operations restricted to self-defense.

43.   Moscow fears that after the two countries join the EU, EU border and visa regulations will hamper free passage between Kaliningrad and the rest of Russia.

44.   Relations deteriorated between Algeria and Morocco in recent months, with both sides accusing the other of impeding free passage of their nationals at their common border.

45.   Refugees who have returned to Kosovo do not have to pay airfare because the U.S. government promised them free passage.

46.   Serb refugee convoys started to move south of Zagreb Wednesday under a cease-fire agreement that included free passage for tens of thousands of stranded Serbs.

47.   The chief U.N. envoy in former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, said he was given new assurances from Croatian Serb leaders that U.N. convoys would be allowed free passage.

48.   The Arabs, Chechens and other foreigners have no guarantees of free passage out of Kunduz.

49.   The Croats, in turn, will let soldiers and civilians have free passage into Serb-held northern Bosnia.

50.   The closure also has hurt economic relations between Israel and the Palestinians by interfering with the free passage of goods and workers, Rabin said.