1.   Police sealed off flooded areas so rescue workers could search for survivors.

2.   Heavy explosions could be heard from Lipkovo, but Macedonian police sealed the roads and barred reporters from approaching the contested area.

3.   Heavy explosions could be heard near Lipkovo from several miles away, but Macedonian police sealed the roads and barred reporters from approaching the area.

4.   In New York, police sealed manholes, and removed mailboxes and newspaper dispensers near Times Square to frustrate would-be terrorists.

5.   Once at the World Bank, police sealed off the square, trapping the demonstrators for more than an hour.

6.   Police sealed off the subway stations and officers in gas masks and silver gas suits entered to search for any remaining people or evidence.

7.   The police have sealed the trash cans in the subway system and are keeping all luggage lockers at train and bus stations in the country closed.

8.   The police sealed the streets to most traffic, but the man in the tractor-trailer leaned out his cab window Wednesday afternoon, shipping papers in hand.

9.   Then offices and shops along the parade route were searched, locked and sealed by police.

10.   Toward the end of the sweep, though, police sealed off the exits to the park, allowing no one to enter or leave.