1.   A few wrong turns later, I found myself on a wide commercial street called Shangjiu Lu, which is closed to traffic and lined with modern boutiques.

2.   Lankershim Boulevard between Magnolia Boulevard and Weddington Street will close to traffic Saturday and Sunday so local artists can celebrate the fourth annual NoHo Theatre and Arts Festival.

3.   The bridges and tunnels were closed to traffic, the airplanes were grounded and the telephones rang busy.

4.   The Nuoro-Ortisei highway was closed to traffic after a car ran off a road and into a stream below, the ANSA news agency reported.

5.   Thousands of Sarajevans lined streets closed to traffic Friday for the funeral of the general who organized the defense of their city throughout the Bosnian war.