11.   U.S. laws generally prevent American citizens from investing in these countries.

12.   Yet governments cannot easily prevent their citizens from having free access to such advertising.

13.   China plans to set up a force to prevent its citizens from illegally emigrating to other countries, an official report said Thursday.

14.   Chretien said Canadian law prevents its citizens from being granted any honors that carry a title or privilege.

15.   Howver, the Alliance relented, voting for the original draft in exchange for an amendment that prevents citizens who illegally occupy housing from voting where they now live.

16.   In a strongly worded dissent, the two justices said the wiretapping statute was not meant to prevent citizens from recording an encounter with police.

17.   Israeli law prevents any citizen from being handed over for trial in a foreign country.

18.   It is this respect that prevents citizens from grabbing handguns and taking justice into their own hands in defense of their own lives.

19.   The EU delegation assailed registration shortfalls that prevented citizens from voting, and the inadequate facilities for voting in some areas.

20.   A similar clause in the electoral law will still be controversial, but will not prevent dual citizens from serving in non-elected ministry positions, he said.