81.  Increasing the number of civilian crossing points is aimed at building confidence between the government and the rebels, who agreed to a temporary cease-fire on Christmas Eve.

82.  In Torkham, a border town at the fabled Khyber Pass in northwest Pakistan, no large-scale movements of Afghans were reported early Monday at major crossing points.

83.  In violence Monday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an armed Palestinian near a crossing point between Gaza and Israel, the military said.

84.  Israel army officials said the crossing point was opened as required by the U.S.-brokered truce plan.

85.  Israel Radio said soldiers blocked Palestinian trucks from entering Israel from autonomous Gaza at one crossing point, and carried out especially scrupulous searches at a second.

86.  Israel planned to release the prisoners on Friday at a crossing point in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon.

87.  Israel reopened a crossing point for trucks from the Gaza Strip into Israel Thursday after canceling fees truck drivers were asked to pay, an Israeli official said.

88.  Israeli troops and Palestinians clashed Sunday as protesters tried to block a road with burning tires at a crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

89.  It chose Lithuania as a case study because of its geographical role as a crossing point between east and west.

90.  Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian near a crossing point into Israel, Palestinian security officials said.