11.   Federal officials partially lifted a ban on air travel, allowing flights that had been diverted on Tuesday to finish their journeys and empty planes to be moved around.

12.   French health officials have lifted a three-year moratorium on silicone breast implants, but are requiring careful monitoring of women who receive them.

13.   Officials lifted a citywide curfew Monday that helped end three nights of rioting over the police shooting of an unarmed black man.

14.   Officials lifted the severe flood alarm along a southern stretch of the Oder River Thursday, as the water levels continued to retreat.

15.   Officials lifted the suspension of a private radio station that often criticizes the government, a month after it was banned for not renewing its operating license.

16.   Russian officials have lifted a ban on foreign flights from the region to enable Maskhadov and other Muslim pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia.

17.   Russian officials have lifted a ban on foreign flights from breakaway Chechnya to enable Muslim pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia, a news agency reported Monday.

18.   Russian officials have lifted a ban on foreign flights from the breakaway region to enable Maskhadov and other Muslim pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia.

19.   Russian officials lifted a ban on foreign flights from the region to enable Maskhadov and other pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia.

20.   She insisted that sumo officials lift the ban so she could present an award to a tournament winner.