21.   With fears of unrest fanning across the city, stores closed early and officials delayed the opening of the national university indefinitely.

22.   Also Friday, Afghan officials delayed the release of hundreds of Pakistani prisoners amid worries about attacks on them as they made their way home.

23.   An appeals court Wednesday struck down a policy that had allowed federal officials to delay decisions on whether to list species as endangered.

24.   An internal report suggesting that current CIA officials delayed disciplining former director John Deutch for violating security rules is raising questions on Capitol Hill.

25.   But Ukrainian officials have delayed preparations for the closure, saying foreign lenders have lagged on funding for two new nuclear reactors.

26.   Chechen officials on Tuesday delayed the return of the remains of four Westerners killed earlier this month in the breakaway Russian republic, news reports said.

27.   Election officials delayed preliminary results a day while checking reports of irregularities of results faxed to the election tribunal.

28.   Election officials delayed releasing preliminary results for a day to check reports of irregularities in results faxed to the election tribunal.

29.   Goldberg bowed out several weeks ago, and Grammy officials delayed naming a replacement until last week.

30.   He filed suit against authorities, claiming he was wrongly imprisoned and that officials unfairly delayed DNA testing.