51.   As the Bosnian Serb interior ministry failed to submit lists of requested police checkpoints, all their checkpoints are illegal,

52.   Checkpoints were in place near the village and on border crossings to Serbia and Montenegro, they said.

53.   During three days of gun battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian police in September, the checkpoints had been the focus of clashes.

54.   During that clash, Russian troops also seized a small section of highway on which the Chechen checkpoint was located, the ITAR-Tass said.

55.   For instance, Kennedy said, the security checkpoints at airports are relatively close to the planes.

56.   Hours later, they were told that the checkpoint would only be open one way, to Israeli truckers coming into Gaza to supply food and other essential goods.

57.   In Spinboldak itself, few Taliban soldiers patrolled the streets and their main checkpoint was vacant, according to a local farmer, Ghoar Noorzai.

58.   It was not immediately clear whether the explosives went off prematurely or the checkpoint was the intended target.

59.   More checkpoints along roads are visible, but visitors to the camps say they have seen little reinforcement between refugees and the likely lines of attack.

60.   Serb militia checkpoints were located at entrances to the camp.