11.   By this weekend, city officials may close that section to waders until it can be cleared.

12.   City officials closed most bridges and tunnels to and from Manhattan.

13.   Chinese officials also closed a long-term contract with Saudi Arabia for additional oil supplies and possible upgrading of downstream assets in China.

14.   Distracted by Kosovo, he did not let his trade negotiators know how badly he wanted a deal, officials close to the talks said.

15.   Despite the tragedy, Sylvester said Sugarbush officials did not close the trail.

16.   During the height of the eruptions, government officials closed the southern half of the island to get residents away from the volcano.

17.   Efforts to change the laws have fallen victim to state politics, say some legislators and officials close to Pataki.

18.   Emergency officials then closed southbound traffic on Broadway between those streets.

19.   Elsewhere in Suffolk County, Brookhaven town officials closed the oceanfront beaches on Fire Island because of towering waves and unusually high tides.

20.   Federal officials closed the three bridges over the Rio Grande as a precautionary measure, blocking traffic on both sides of the border.