11.   If an acceptable plan is not forthcoming, the government could theoretically shut down every big development project in the region.

12.   Idaho officials want the federal government to shut down Internet gambling.

13.   In its continuing war on the media, three weeks ago the government shut down the newspaper Svaboda, almost the only remaining independent voice reaching the hinterlands.

14.   In neighboring Kyrgyzstan, which is now hosting a new American air base for attacks on Afghanistan, the government has shut down two opposition newspapers.

15.   In the United States, the government shut down eight storefront operations that were part of the Al-Barakaat network and raided two others in Virginia.

16.   It was the first time the Japanese government shut a life insurer since the end of World War II.

17.   It was the first time the government has shut down a life insurer in more than half a century.

18.   Last fall, the government shut down the dollar-based night clubs, including El Palacio de la Salsa.

19.   Military hospitals are off-limits and the government shuts down the airports whenever it lands its planes.

20.   Seeking to spare the sensibilities of religious pilgrims, the city government has shut down sex shops and banned prurient advertising near the Vatican.