11.   That newspapers are closed and journalists banned from writing with a phone call, by remote control.

12.   The current press law allows the courts, which hardliners dominate, to close newspapers at will.

13.   The regulations announced Thursday empower the government to censor news articles by foreign reporters and to close Sri Lankan newspapers that defy censorship rules.

14.   The publisher has been slashing costs, by closing newspapers and laying off employees.

15.   They have used their power in the courts to close newspapers and harass dissidents.

16.   They imprisoned enemies, closed newspapers, abolished the city council and stood by while Armenian militants killed thousands of Azerbaijanis suspected of anti-Communist beliefs.

17.   Politicians are regularly arrested, newspapers are closed and police harassment is once again the norm.

18.   Party newspapers were closed and its offices were seized.

19.   Protests and riots erupted in July in Tehran and several other cities when hard-liners closed a single reformist newspaper.

20.   A leading Iranian lawmaker on Tuesday urged President Mohammad Khatami to condemn the tactics of his hard-line opponents in closing liberal newspapers and trying to roll back democratic reforms.