1.   A principal demand at those meetings and marches has been the elimination of a two-month-old government freeze on bank accounts.

2.   Precht said he knew of no case that would allow Moussaoui to allege a violation of his rights because of a government asset freeze.

3.   Despite a declared government freeze on settlement expansion in the West Bank, the government occasionally gives permits to private construction.

4.   Jewish settlers, in a defiant move against a government freeze on settlement expansion, began breaking ground Thursday for a new neighborhood in the West Bank.

5.   St. Lucia announced a government hiring freeze and said pay raises would be deferred.

6.   The police department has not handed out any promotions in recent years because of a government freeze on hiring and promotions.

7.   In the heart of the West Bank, Jewish settlers are getting round the government freeze by building new homes with private finance and pushing back enclosure fences.