11.   Days after Clinton opened a Democratic National Committee fund-raising retreat in Florida to the media, Kerry sought to bar a reporter from attending his event.

12.   For a similar stated reason, reporters are being barred from a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce here.

13.   For its part, China has barred reporters from Next and Apple from covering official events and news conferences on the mainland.

14.   Foreign reporters are barred from visiting the country.

15.   Guards barred reporters who arrived late, apparently out of concern that they might distract from the moment.

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

17.   Her telephone line has been cut, reporters have been barred from meeting her and she has had little other access to outsiders.

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

19.   It was almost a given that judges would bar reporters from covering trials, and would often close their courtrooms to all but the parties involved.

20.   Police lined one side of the complex, barring reporters from straying away from the bombing site.