51.   The judiciary ordered the Tous newspaper closed until further notice pending an investigation, the agency said.

52.   The law, which dates from British Mandatory rule before the establishment of Israel, empowers authorities to close newspapers and impose jail sentences.

53.   They have used those powers to close newspapers and arrest a number of reform activists.

54.   They also warn that Russia should be wary of getting too close to Lukashenko, who has curbed free expression, arrested political opponents and closed opposition newspapers.

55.   When he seized power a year ago, Abacha promised democracy but instead has jailed opponents, closed opposition newspapers and emasculated the courts.

56.   In the case of untrue reports regarding national security, newspapers can be closed temporarily under the new regulation, they said.

57.   Amnesty said that journalists reporting the violations were arrested, newspapers were closed and known human rights militants were harassed.

58.   Palestinian security police closed the newspaper of the radical Islamic Jihad movement early Sunday and arrested its editor-in-chief, Alaa Saftawi, newspaper officials said.

59.   Palestinian security police closed the newspaper of the radical Islamic Jihad movement early Sunday and arrested its publisher, Alaa Saftawi, newspaper officials said.

60.   The government has closed several newspapers in the past to punish them for their reporting.