11.   We are not preventing any resident from playing.

12.   With machine guns at the ready, British Army soldiers stood at the fences and doorways of Protestant homes to prevent residents from clashing with parents.

13.   With machine-guns at the ready, British soldiers stood at the fences and doorways of Protestant homes to prevent residents from clashing with parents.

14.   Authorities lifted the internal closure on Palestinian areas, which prevented residents from traveling between towns inside the West Bank and Gaza.

15.   Bosnian Croat police briefly blocked the center of Mostar on Friday, preventing residents from crossing the boundary dividing the southern city.

16.   By night fall, Israeli tanks had circled Palestinian cities and the army had clamped an internal closure on the areas, preventing Arab residents from leaving their communities.

17.   He said officials were already preventing residents from taking water by mule to the al-Qaida camps.

18.   In the border area, troops were blocking all roads and preventing residents from entering or leaving their villages.

19.   In the border area, troops were blocking roads and preventing residents from entering or leaving villages.

20.   Israel took several steps to ease restrictions on Palestinians, including the lifting of an internal closure on Palestinian areas that prevented residents from traveling out of their communities.