1.   The group suspended the distribution last October, after complaints from police officers that the locks could be opened without a key.

2.   But in June, the group suspended the sanctions until meetings this weekend determine whether talks with Nigeria could bring any improvement.

3.   In July, the foreign ministers group suspended another West African nation, Sierra Leone, after a military coup there.

4.   In Liberia last June, a dozen major groups jointly suspended aid operations because too much food and equipment was being stolen by the civil war factions.

5.   It is not unusual for aid groups to suspend operations in conflict areas during tense times.

6.   Jewish groups suspend plans to boycott Swiss banks.

7.   Labor group suspends strike call.

8.   Other guerrilla groups suspended Hezb-ul Mujahedeen from their umbrella organization, the United Jehad Council, because of the cease-fire.

9.   The aid group suspended its operations in Chechnya after the abduction.

10.   The aid group immediately suspended operations in the area.