21.   The Palestinian Authority later said in a statement it had ordered the immediate closure of all Hamas and Islamic Jihad offices in the Palestinian territories.

22.   The Philippine government on Friday ordered the immediate closure of four provincial airports, citing gross safety hazards to aviation.

23.   The Sri Lankan government ordered the immediate closure of a private zoo where a lion killed a boy, officials said Wednesday.

24.   The Israeli government on Thursday ordered the immediate closure of a Jerusalem office opened only hours earlier by a deputy of the Palestinian legislative council, officials said.

25.   The minister, who on Thursday met court president Gil Rodriguez Iglesias, announced the immediate closure of part of the fifth storey of the building and the cafeteria.