61.   But the fighting last spring forced the closure of schools and left most of them wrecked or looted bare.

62.   Clashes between students forced the closure of a university in eastern Sudan, a newspaper reported Sunday.

63.   Dense fog forced the closure of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits to ferries, oil tankers and other commercial traffic for a second day Monday.

64.   Dense fumes from the fire forced the closure of the nearby Estacion Sur inter-provincial bus station.

65.   Elsewhere in Italy, strong winds and snow forced the closure of several roads and hundreds of accidents were reported along major highways.

66.   Farmers, using their trucks and tractors to block roads, previously disrupted service at Linate but had not forced its closure.

67.   Farmers, using their trucks and tractors to block roads, have previously disrupted service at Linate but had not forced its closure.

68.   Fog and flurries enveloped the Empire State Building observatory, forcing the closure of the outdoor section.

69.   Financial markets in Tokyo were closed Wednesday for a national holiday, while a severe typhoon forced the closure of Hong Kong markets Thursday.

70.   Floodwaters forced the closure of an airport Saturday in the remote diamond-producing region of Yakutia, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.