1.   Concerned about alcoholism, the governments have slammed heavy taxes on liquor, and allows only low-alcohol beers to be sold in grocery stores.

2.   The government slammed the borders shut Wednesday and announced a new policy of only accepting as many refugees as are sent out.

3.   The hard-line Taliban government slammed India Monday because it invited a representative of a rival Afghan faction to the Nonaligned Movement conference being held in New Delhi.

4.   The government also has slammed the Russian military for failing to tighten a blockade of Abkhazia, approved by the Commonwealth of Independent States in January.

5.   The government slammed the door on intense international demands that Khieu Samphan, the official leader though others held real power, and political chief Nuon Chea stand trial.

6.   The government slammed the strike, called by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union to protest a deal which will cut the price of coking coal.

7.   The government slammed the door on international demands that Khieu Samphan, the official leader though others held real power, and political chief Nuon Chea stand trial.

8.   The United Nations refugee agency opened its annual meeting Monday with a warning that governments are increasingly slamming the door in the face of people fleeing war or persecution.

9.   However the government on Wednesday slammed the weekend decision saying it was up to the BNR to see that depositors were able to recover their money.