31.   Around the city, a few people ventured cautiously into the streets as word spread that a military curfew would be lifted for two hours.

32.   Boucher said the U.S. Embassy is advising Americans to stay indoors and to monitor the situation closely before venturing outside after the curfew is lifted.

33.   Bunching onions into a bag, Ibrahim Ghanem said lifting the curfew every few days did not help businesses stay afloat.

34.   But Palestinians in Bethlehem and Ramallah were allowed to leave their homes Friday for the first time in days as the military lifted a curfew for about two hours.

35.   Civil Administration spokesman Maj. Peter Lerner confirmed that the intention was to lift the curfew for students.

36.   Clashes broke out in the center of this West Bank town Saturday just after the Israeli army briefly lifted a curfew to allow people to shop.

37.   Clashes broke out in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron on Saturday just after the Israeli army briefly lifted a curfew to allow people to shop.

38.   Civil Administration spokesman Maj. Peter Lerner confirmed that the intention was to lift the curfew for students in Qalqiliya.

39.   Envoy Franz Vranitzky had been expected to press Berisha to lift the curfew.

40.   Even when a curfew is temporarily lifted, as in Ramallah, military checkpoints make it impossible to go very far.