21.   Authorities have recently shut thousands of Internet cafes.

22.   Authorities immediately shut down the highway and rerouted vehicles trying to cross the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey to another tunnel and a bridge.

23.   Authorities shut down a school in this southern port city and urged residents Saturday not to panic after three children died of viral encephalitis.

24.   Authorities shut down the interstate.

25.   Authorities shut down the morning market and checked all the stalls for bombs but found nothing.

26.   Authorities also shut down another school in the province where two students had died.

27.   Authorities also shut down headquarters of several opposition parties, including that of Airikian, and confiscated their equipment.

28.   Authorities shut down an FM radio station in Rancagua, south of the capital, for broadcasting propaganda.

29.   Authorities shut down several highways because of flash flooding and landslides.

30.   Authorities virtually shut down the city for his arrival Tuesday, fearing attack by separatist guerrillas.