He started his visit by greeting the crowd at the Market Cross. with traffic halted in the area.

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Recreational traffic was halted, too, including the Mark Twain Riverboat that offers excursions at scenic Hannibal, Mo.

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Train traffic was halted.

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The accident temporarily halted train traffic through a vital East Coast corridor.

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Officials halted trains and air traffic.

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Traffic on part of the toll road was halted as responders tended to the scene.

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Earlier this month, China halted plans to introduce tougher penalties for traffic offences, following a public outcry.

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Traffic on several local rivers, the highways of this largely roadless province, was halted.

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