11.   When police banned a march through a Catholic neighborhood, Protestants rioted for four days.

12.   Palestinian police on Wednesday banned a pro-Iraq rally in Hebron, in response to strong U.S. protests against an outpouring of support for Saddam Hussein.

13.   Police banned all vehicles from parking at or near the Aintree racetrack in the northwest port city of Liverpool.

14.   Police banned demonstrations throughout Serbia and said they would intervene if any went ahead.

15.   Police banned swimming, boating and fishing Thursday in the waters off two Normandy towns after fuel spilled from a tanker entering the French port of Le Havre.

16.   Police banned the sale of home made liquor in the area and were carrying out raids in the neighborhood to see if tainted alcohol was being sold.

17.   Police had banned the march after violence erupted at a similar demonstration last week in Jammu-Kashmir, a northern Indian state wracked by religious violence.

18.   Police had banned the march, saying it risked fanning public violence, and a judge Thursday refused to hear an application asking him to revoke the ban.

19.   Police have also banned transmission of the match on giant screens in downtown Lyon, although the measure does not affect screenings in the city suburbs.

20.   Police have banned a plan by pro-democracy activists to commemorate the first anniversary of anti-government riots that rocked Jakarta last year, killing at least five people.