61.   Former East Timor military commander Brigadier General Nur Muis testified that before the attack, church officials had banned troops and police from entering the compound.

62.   NHL officials banned rubber rat tosses and other celebratory object throws onto the ice this season.

63.   Officials have banned public meetings and speeches for two months in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir state, to pre-empt separatist violence, officials said Tuesday.

64.   Salvadoran customs officials are banning the import of meat and animals including rabbits, armadillos and parrots into the country.

65.   Sarajevo Civil Defence officials banned all movements by citizens, advising them over local radio to head for shelters.

66.   The officials banned photographers from the vicinity of the roadblocks.