51. The soldiers passed a Palestinian police checkpoint at the entrance to Ramallah and ended up at a station house where they sought protection. 52. There are also daily skirmishes near Serb police checkpoints. 53. There are several police checkpoints on the road lined by the embassies. 54. There, they stopped at a small police checkpoint and shot at a police officer. 55. Three American journalists who tried to see her earlier this month were blocked at a police checkpoint outside her home. 56. Trekkers and yak trains are being stopped at a police checkpoint outside Namche Bazaar, the Sherpa capital, and searched thoroughly. 57. Two of soldiers lay by the side of the road, pointing their rifles at a Palestinian police checkpoint. 58. Traffic is mayhem during the day, but at night pedestrians and motorists disappear and police checkpoints replace traffic cops. 59. Under the heightened security provisions, police checkpoints snarled highway traffic, and paramilitary police units patrolled city streets and shopping malls. 60. With no fuel, people are traveling by donkey cart, and there is always a discussion at any police checkpoint. |
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