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* Truck jams at Latvian-Russian border reach record
Riga,Latvia -EUbusiness (press release - Richmond,Surrey,UK) -16 August 2007: -- A record 2,000 trucks were Thursday blocked in traffic jams on Latvia's frontier with Russia and the snarls were expected to worsen, the Baltic country's border guard service said... Jammed drivers have to wait several days to cross the border, because of a combination of overloaded Latvian customs facilities and lengthy entry checks on the Russian side... Authorities said the jam stretched back more than 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border and was likely to get worse...
* Nepal-China checkpoint reopens after 5-day close
Beijing,China -People's Daily Online - August 16, 2007: -- Tatopani checkpoint, the main trade point between Nepal and China reopened on Thursday after negotiations among the local administrations of three districts, protesting traders and transport workers... After a agreement was reached among the local administration, labors, traders and container entrepreneurs Wednesday, the closed border checkpoint resumed...
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