1.   Police lifted a bloody fingerprint but were never able to match it.

2.   Police had lifted the ban for the month of August, when hundreds of thousands of Athenians left the capital for traditional summer vacations.

3.   Police have lifted curfews in Ahmadabad and many other parts of the state since sectarian violence that broke out earlier this month began to subside last week.

4.   Police lifted a media blackout Saturday on the case and called on the public to help track down the kidnappers.

5.   Police have lifted curfews in Ahmadabad, and many other parts of the state since the violence began to subside last week and Muslims began burying their dead.

6.   After protests failed to materialize Wednesday despite the emotional return to Beijing of the remains of bombing victims, police lifted traffic barriers around the embassy quarter.

7.   As soon as police lifted the blockade on Raurimu village, Dawson rushed to Taumarunui Hospital, where she is a nurse, to help tend survivors.

8.   For two hours Thursday, police lifted a curfew imposed in the capital, Imphal, since the shooting, prompting a flood of people to food stores.

9.   More managed to get inside early Wednesday, when police briefly lifted their siege for unknown reasons.

10.   Police lifted their curfew early Tuesday before reimposing it at noon.