61.   Peres has warned he will keep the closure in effect until the security situation improved.

62.   Peres met early in the day with the army chief of staff and head of the Shin Bet secret service to discuss the security situation.

63.   Peres has warned the closure will remain in effect until the security situation improves.

64.   Police said they used the ambulance to ferry tear gas because the security situation was critical.

65.   A Lebanese security official, though, denied the Jordanian account, saying the security situation in the country was stable.

66.   A Lebanese security official denied the Jordanian reports, saying the security situation in the country was stable.

67.   A U.N. mission will visit Somalia by mid-January to assess the security situation, the head of the U.N. committee monitoring sanctions against the Horn of Africa nation said.

68.   A similar security situation exists at one other Canadian overseas office, in Algiers, Algeria, according to Schwenger.

69.   A tense security situation, including a spate of suicide attacks, has changed pre-holiday shopping habits.

70.   A senior official of the ruling African National Congress said the security situation in Western Cape province, where Cape Town is located, was spiralling out of control.