71.   Businesses and major office buildings were closed as millions of people stayed home from work to avoid clashes with authorities or MQM activists.

72.   But Serb fire closed it as attempts at peace unraveled last summer.

73.   By December of that year, the construction company was closed as part of a bankruptcy proceeding.

74.   Catholic schools, the main private schools in Lebanon, closed as a precautionary measure, said Father Camille Zeidan of the Association of Catholic Schools.

75.   Dexia has already said some retail branches will also have to be closed as part of the cost-saving program.

76.   Dozens of roads were blocked and bridges closed as emergency workers struggled to clear fallen trees and other debris scattered by the strong winds.

77.   El Espectador is closing as a daily and will now appear only on Sundays, director Carlos Lleras de la Fuente announced over the radio on Wednesday.

78.   El Espectador is closing as a daily on Saturday and will now appear only on Sundays, director Carlos Lleras de la Fuente announced Wednesday.

79.   Five blocks of the commercial M Street corridor were closed as traffic gridlocked through narrow side streets around the area.

80.   Four schools and eight nursery schools near the scene also were closed as a precaution.