71.   The bus was on its way to the eastern city of Van on the Iranian border.

72.   The arrests came amid reports of factional fighting along the Iranian border.

73.   The beleaguered Rabbani government in recent months lost strategic ground in southern and western Afghanistan, including the key city of Herat near the Iranian border.

74.   The dispatch said rebels were fleeing towards the Iranian border.

75.   The first two towns are near the Iranian border, while the others lie on a central main road connecting major Kurdish cities.

76.   The drugs reportedly came from the Yuksekova area in the southeastern Hakkari province close to the Iranian border.

77.   The Iranian border remains officially closed.

78.   The Iranian delegation refused to let Turkish troops to cross the Iranian border in pursuit of the rebels, the Anatolia news agency said.

79.   The fighting took place in the Jazeera area, close to the marshes that extend to the Iranian border.

80.   The forced return of these refugees was discovered during interviews at a UNHCR camp on the Iranian border, Karim said.