41.   An opposition-sponsored strike paralyzed life in five major cities in Bangladesh Saturday, halting traffic and closing businesses and offices.

42.   And in another positive note, authorities reported no major traffic jams Tuesday, with most roadblocks designed to filter private motorists through while halting commercial traffic.

43.   Armed Hungarian border guards halted traffic for an hour during the handover.

44.   As fire engines arrived at the scene, traffic was halted and the power cut off in surrounding buildings.

45.   Before they could cross the river to reach the capital, the government halted ferry traffic.

46.   Before they could cross the river to reach the capital, the government halted ferry traffic across the Padma and Jamuna Rivers.

47.   Burundian citizens in Rwanda were allowed to return home, but all commercial traffic was halted.

48.   But about a dozen German protesters chained themselves across a highway near Saarbrucken, halting traffic for several hours.

49.   But no injuries or clashes were immediately reported in the first hours of the strike, which halted traffic and closed businesses, universities and schools.

50.   But, no injury or clashes were immediately reported in Dhaka in the first hours of the strike that halted traffic and closed businesses, universities and schools.