1. Authorities shut down another station, the student-run Radio Index, with a similar ruling. 2. Beijing authorities recently shut a factory that flourished on a military installation. 3. Earlier this month, the authorities shut down New Culture Forum, a Web site in Shandong Province that sponsored debate on the need for democracy. 4. Federal authorities have shut down two companies in suburban Los Angeles, accusing them of running a prize-promotion scam. 5. Illicit methamphetamine manufacturers turned to over-the-counter drugs a few years ago, after federal authorities shut off supplies of other raw materials. 6. Land lines proved useless after authorities shut off utilities to the area. 7. Russian authorities also had shut the Sleptsovsk border crossing, trapping non-combatants in a war zone, a violation of the Geneva Conventions. 8. Soon after, authorities shut off the electricity. 9. The authorities immediately shut down the paper, whose nervous management then bought ad space in the pages of its rivals to make an abject apology. 10. The authorities have shut down an illegal cosmetic surgery clinic in Queens that offered everything from liposuction to orthodontics in unsanitary conditions. |