1.   He said law enforcement authorities had closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.

2.   The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.

3.   As a precaution, Israeli authorities closed Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, to outbound flights for about four hours following the crash.

4.   Authorities closed all draw bridges, which prevented other vessels from moving into inland rivers to seek shelter.

5.   Authorities closed the smoke-draped Pacific Coast Highway and other roads in the vicinity.

6.   Authorities closed U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada.

7.   Authorities closed schools, colleges and movie theaters in response to concern about the possible outbreak of bubonic or pneumonic plague in the capital.

8.   Authorities closed the facility on Thursday for testing.

9.   Authorities occasionally closed freeway off-ramps during the demonstrations and blocked off streets, but traffic resumed shortly after each wave of demonstrators cleared out.

10.   A spokesman said that in addition to the closing of the Macedonia border, Albanian authorities had closed border crossings at the Morini and Qafe Prushit Wednesday morning.