21.   A Moscow court banned AUM activities last week.

22.   A Scottish court on Tuesday banned an interview with Prime Minister John Major from airing on the British Broadcasting Corp. in Scotland before local elections this week.

23.   A Tehran press court on Monday banned two Iranian publications for insulting the late spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian television reported.

24.   An Egyptian court banned Monday an Egyptian Coptic Christian from visiting Israel, claiming the pilgrimage could put him in danger.

25.   Coverage is also sparse because a court in December banned the broadcast or publication of statements from outlawed leftist groups.

26.   Ecevit had urged the court earlier this week to delay a verdict while parliament debates constitutional amendments that would make it harder for courts to ban political parties.

27.   French courts rarely ban the sale of books.

28.   However, the court banned the licensing of stores as an anti-competitive measure.

29.   However, the court banned the marchers from the city center and ordered them to an industrial area to the north.

30.   In a crackdown on anti-secular politics, the Turkish constitutional court banned the Welfare Party this year.