61.   Many major streets were blocked off, and police manning checkpoints conducted spot checks of vehicles.

62.   Meanwhile, hundreds of masked gunmen manned checkpoints in the eastern town of Khost to search for weapons, the Afghan Islamic Press reported.

63.   Meanwhile, U.S. Marines manning a checkpoint in southeastern Kosovo came under fire Wednesday by unidentified assailants.

64.   Moreover, Cambodia was not ready in terms of personnel to man the checkpoint.

65.   National guardsmen manned checkpoints outside the Crimean capital on Tuesday and riot police patrolled the streets of six towns following riots by Crimean Tatars.

66.   Nervous Taliban soldiers manned the checkpoints on the outskirts of Kabul stopping reporters trying to reach Baghram.

67.   On the outskirts of the West Bank town of Ramallah, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint.

68.   Police manning checkpoints on the edges of the Dushanbe refused to let reporters leave the capital.

69.   Police manned security checkpoints at main roads and plain clothes security officers searched cars and checked identity cards.

70.   Police manning checkpoints along the road between Monrovia and Kakata supported the accounts.