11.   French authorities lifted the usual weekend ban on truck traffic on major highways Saturday and Sunday to allow bottlenecks to ease.

12.   Government authorities have lifted a five-month-old dusk-to-dawn curfew in Kinshasa for Christmas, a senior official said Thursday.

13.   In Hyderabad, the state capital, authorities lifted the suspension of bus and train traffic that had been halted Wednesday.

14.   In Hebron, military authorities lifted a curfew that has been in effect almost continuously since late September.

15.   In the West Bank town of Hebron, military authorities lifted a curfew that has been in effect almost continuously since late September.

16.   In Sarajevo, authorities lifted a curfew for Christmas Eve and Christmas.

17.   Israeli authorities have already lifted an internal closure on Palestinian areas, which allowed Palestinians to resume travel between towns inside the West Bank and Gaza.

18.   Israeli authorities have already lifted the internal closure on Palestinian areas, which allowed Palestinians to resume travel between towns inside the West Bank and Gaza.

19.   Israeli authorities have lifted an internal closure on Palestinian areas, which allowed Palestinians to resume travel between towns inside the West Bank and Gaza.

20.   Israeli authorities lifted the internal closure on Palestinian areas, which allowed Palestinians to resume travel between towns inside the West Bank and Gaza.