31.   Security was tight and shops remained closed throughout yesterday, the report said.

32.   Residents said most Chinese shops in Ujungpandang remained shut Saturday.

33.   Sgt. Robi said many shops remained closed on Monday morning and the mood in the town was tense.

34.   Shops remained closed Sunday and cars kept off the roads in the Kashmir Valley after militants called for a strike there.

35.   Shops remained open in the market area of Shorja into the evening.

36.   Shops remained shut and vehicles were off most roads Sunday, which is a working day in this Islamic country.

37.   Shops remained shuttered and tensions increased as the Taliban asserted its authority and decreed its own restrictive brand of Islamic rule.

38.   Schools have stayed closed since then, shops remain shuttered and the usually bustling streets are quiet.

39.   Some obeyed the calls, but many shops remained closed due to fears of a repetition of the recent unrest which left hundreds of buildings damaged.

40.   Shops remained opened into the evening.