1.   El Paso sector agents are focusing on blocking illegal crossings through the remote New Mexico communities of Demming, Columbus and Lordsburg.

2.   Voters sat in to block border crossings to the United States.

3.   Nurses also blocked border crossings in western Kostrzyn and Slubice on the Polish-German border and in eastern Terespol on the Polish-Belarusian border.

4.   Private business owners block border crossing.

5.   There was no comment from anti-nuclear activists, who blocked border crossings between the two countries last month to protest the Temelin plant.

6.   Three days of rain tapered off Wednesday after soaking Santiago and a wide swath of the countryside as heavy snow blocked border crossings with Argentina.

7.   Volunteer firefighters and ambulance drivers raced to stay ahead of the train and block crossings.