However, annual activities have been mainly confined to periodic fire drills and publicity activities that are usually limited to schools and government agencies.

CNN: Deadly fire highlights China's growth problem

Ahmed Methqal, a Muslim cleric in the camp, told al-Jazeera television by phone that sniper fire had confined the camp's approximately 30, 000 residents to their houses and that five civilians had been killed.

NPR: Brief Pause in Lebanese Violence Allows Aid

By last month, some unarmed U.N. observers sent to the country to monitor the purported cease-fire deal had left the country, while others were largely confined to their hotels.

WSJ: Diplomacy Hits Dead End in Syria

But the desire to stuff the City back into the narrow streets and poky buildings to which it was confined before Big Bang is at odds with the requirements of another kind of rebalancing: for exports to fire the economy at a time when government and consumers are tackling their debts.

ECONOMIST: London as a financial centre