81.   Overwhelmed by the flow of refugees, Macedonia had closed its border.

82.   Pakistan has tried to discourage the new exodus by closing the border and making its refugee camps as miserable as it can.

83.   Pakistan and Iran, to the east and west of Afghanistan, have all but closed their borders to most of those fleeing the war.

84.   Refugee officials on Thursday met with various Macedonian government ministers, all of whom denied that the border was closed.

85.   Some of the lesser economic sanctions against Serbia were lifted last year after Milosevic announced that he would close the border with Bosnia.

86.   Some reports suggested the Pakistanis closed the border to prevent Taliban and al-Qaida fighters from fleeing Afghanistan.

87.   Tanzanian troops closed the border last year and have repeatedly turned back refugees who tried to cross.

88.   Technically, the borders are closed.

89.   The borders are closed.

90.   The border was closed and would stay closed.