1.   A man whose parents were being held captive had been forced to drive into a border checkpoint in a van containing the bomb, which had failed to explode.

2.   -- Daily pressure at U.S. border checkpoints that swamps federal agents and leaves little time to examine individual foreigners.

3.   A Russian-Estonian agreement allows residents of Ivangorod and Narva to pass with ease through border checkpoints and over the bridge that crosses the river.

4.   According to another account, two girls were pulled out of their car at the Serbian border checkpoint the other night and raped.

5.   But Bauer confirmed that a Texas elephant was smuggled into Mexico through a Matamoros border checkpoint.

6.   But after two days, they were turned back into Kosovo by Macedonian police who insisted they had to cross at the official border checkpoint.

7.   But immigrant-rights activists and foreigners complain that the new regulation gives far too much power to the INS officers stationed at airports and border checkpoints.

8.   By mid-day, the Albanians had raced over the border crossing and looted the Serb border checkpoint.

9.   Concluding that they were not at the compound where their Danish friend lived, they then rapidly put their car in reverse and headed back to the border checkpoints.

10.   Customs and immigration officials share the responsibility for inspections at border checkpoints, with the Border Patrol responsible for protecting areas between the checkpoints.