31.   In central Tirana, riot police prevented demonstrators from gathering on Skanderbeg square in response to an opposition call on protestors to defy the official ban on demonstrations there.

32.   A Munich court has confirmed an official ban of demonstrations for fear of violent protests during the conference.

33.   A Munich court late Thursday confirmed an official ban of demonstrations for fear of violent protests during an international security conference in the southern German city this weekend.

34.   And in modern-day China, an official ban is often considered the official seal of cool.

35.   Three weeks ahead of presidential elections, opposition groups in Ivory Coast took a tougher stand Thursday and called on their members to defy an official ban on demonstrations.

36.   One month before Ivory Coast chooses its next president, the government faced a showdown Thursday against opponents vowing to defy an official ban on demonstrations.

37.   Previously, officials blocked most requests for adoption although the law did not impose an official ban.

38.   Riot police in central Tirana earlier prevented demonstrators answering an opposition call to gather in Skanderbeg square in defiance of an official ban on demonstrations there.

39.   Riot police did not interrupt the procession, despite an official ban on demonstrations.

40.   Riot police in central Tirana earlier prevented demonstrators answering an opposition call to gather in Skanderbeg square in defiance of an official ban on demonstrations in the capital.