41.   Stores remained closed and traffic stayed off the roads until opposition activists lifted the two-day strike later Thursday.

42.   Supermarkets, pharmacies and banks reopened but schools and liquor, furniture and clothes stores remained closed.

43.   Supermarkets, pharmacies and banks reopened Wednesday but schools and some stores remained closed.

44.   Stores remain well-stocked with imported and local goods.

45.   Stores remained closed and traffic stayed off the roads Thursday as an opposition-sponsored general strike to oust Prime Minister Khaleda Zia entered its second day.

46.   Stores remained shuttered for a second day, their owners fearing more looting.

47.   Stores remained shuttered for a second day.

48.   Stores have remained mostly well-stocked and no food shortages have been reported so far, but soaring inflation has made even staples too expensive for some Russians.

49.   Stores remained shuttered in Iquitos in the Amazon jungle and in Cuzco, Ayacucho and Arequipa in the southern Andes.

50.   The capital remained largely calm on Tuesday, though most stores remained closed.