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BORDER TROUBLES WORLDWIDE
* Finland/Russia - Backlog of trucks causes congestion at Nuijamaa and Imatra border-crossing points as well as VaalimaaHelsinki,Finland -Helsingin Sanomat,Intl Edition -27 Sept 2007: -- The backlog of heavy goods traffic has once again created record-long queues at the crossing points from Finland to Russia... On Thursday night last week, trucks heading for the Imatra frontier station were stopped for the first time already on the four-lane portion of Highway 6 in Joutseno. The aim of the move was to avoid the trucks from blocking the highway in Imatra... (Photo by JUHA METSO/Helsingin Sanomat - On Saturday afternoon, the line of trucks at Vaalimaa reached a staggering 54 kilometres. At the same time, the lines in Imatra and Nuijamaa were also both over 10 km long)
* Iran Closes Border With Northern Iraq
Sulaimaniyah,Iraq -AP/The Guardian (UK), by YAHYA BARZANJI -September 24, 2007: -- Iran closed major border crossings with northeastern Iraq on Monday to protest the U.S. detention of an Iranian official the military accused of weapons smuggling, a Kurdish official said... Five border gates were closed starting Sunday night and continuing Monday morning, leaving travelers and cargo stranded, according to officials and witnesses... The move threatens the economy of Iraq's northern region - one of the country's few success stories - and also appears aimed at driving a wedge between Iraq and the Americans at a time of friction over a deadly shooting in Baghdad involving the security firm Blackwater USA...
Sulaimaniyah,Iraq -AP/The Guardian (UK), by YAHYA BARZANJI -September 24, 2007: -- Iran closed major border crossings with northeastern Iraq on Monday to protest the U.S. detention of an Iranian official the military accused of weapons smuggling, a Kurdish official said... Five border gates were closed starting Sunday night and continuing Monday morning, leaving travelers and cargo stranded, according to officials and witnesses... The move threatens the economy of Iraq's northern region - one of the country's few success stories - and also appears aimed at driving a wedge between Iraq and the Americans at a time of friction over a deadly shooting in Baghdad involving the security firm Blackwater USA...
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