11.   Police, assigned to prevent any attempt by would-be refugees to storm the ship, checked visas before the vessel left for Brindisi.

12.   A dejected Fossett had said the damage would prevent another attempt this year.

13.   Another U.N. spokesman, Simon Haselock, said U.N. officials aim to prevent similar attempts in the future.

14.   Azerbaijani security officials said Friday that they have prevented an attempt to stage a state coup and kill President Geidar Aliev.

15.   He said he would close Orient House, the Palestinian headquarters in Jerusalem, and prevent any attempts to establish Palestinian self-rule in the Israeli capital.

16.   However, the deployment also is likely to prevent any attempt to seize the transmitter.

17.   In another incident, border guards prevented an attempt to smuggle a large amount of fuel and lubricants from Tajikistan to Afghanistan on Thursday, Interfax said.

18.   In retaliation, Hun Sen was reported to have said that he would use force to prevent any attempts to dissolve the government by unconstitutional means.

19.   Israeli security officials said they would not allow the establishment of new settlements in the areas and would work to prevent any attempts to do so.

20.   Israeli police have for years prevented attempts by the Temple Mount Faithful to enter the compound.