31.   Rain and lightning Friday forced suspension of first-round play at the Italian Open for the second straight day.

32.   Rain forced a suspension of play in the afternoon at the Plaza de Toros bullfighting ring, with four matches left in the first round.

33.   Rain has forced a suspension of play at the Australian Open.

34.   Rain has forced suspension of play at the Australian Open.

35.   Shooting that forced the suspension of the American evacuation effort on Friday diminished in Tirana on Saturday.

36.   Stray mortar rounds falling into the seaport forced the suspension of operations, although there were no reports of casualties among workers or serious damage to equipment.

37.   The futures exchanges and brokerages face fines or forced suspension of operations if they are found violating the ban.

38.   The London Stock Exchange sputtered back to life Wednesday after a technical fault forced the suspension of trading for most of the day.

39.   The typhoon grounded planes and forced the suspension of train services in much of the country, but by Sunday air and land transportation had returned to normal.

40.   The signals from the device have been detected, but bad weather forced suspension of the diving until at least Wednesday.