1.   American interests in protecting its access to oil and in maintaining regional stability were clearly at stake when Iraqi forces crossed into Kuwait.

2.   For its part, the Kremlin denied that its forces crossed into Georgia and insists it is not in its interest to antagonize its neighbor.

3.   For the first time, NATO forces will cross the Atlantic to defend the United States, alliance officials said.

4.   If the full force of the storm does cross the Keys, the first job for emergency officials will be to clear the highway and search for the injured.

5.   On Saturday morning, when NATO forces first crossed the border from Macedonia, the KLA took over a mine at Dobre Selo.

6.   The arrival of the surveillance planes last October was the first time NATO forces had crossed the Atlantic to defend the United States.

7.   Washington is also concerned that Croatian forces could cross into Bosnia and join the Muslim forces fighting the Serbs, setting off a wider war.

8.   A top Albanian official warned Thursday that Serb forces may cross into Albania from neighboring Kosovo province to pursue their offensive against militant rebels.

9.   Albanian officials said Serb forces crossed into Albania on Tuesday, taking a border village.

10.   Croatian forces crossed into Bosnia Friday, capturing the strategic western town of Grahovo and sealing control of a key Serb supply route.