1.   Shops lifted their shutters for six hours.

2.   Some stormed to the doors the moment the iron shutters were lifted Thursday morning, while people at other branches waited all night to make withdrawals.

3.   Children ventured out and shop owners began lifting steel shutters that had previously covered their storefronts.

4.   Some shops had lifted their shutters, and the airport was due to re-open Thursday, the interior ministry said.

5.   Some shops had lifted their shutters, firmly locked for the last seven days while a wave of lawlessness and tension swept over the capital.