The French port of Calais was closed on Saturday and that caused a huge backup of vehicles around the English port of Dover where ferry services were hit.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

(Sound) Chanting the Yiddish word for Sabbath,they charged that work is forbidden on the holy day of rest according to the Bible and called on the company to stay closed on Saturdays.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Officials closed the Statue of Liberty following the terrorist attacks in New York on September eleventh, two thousand one.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

I left the lights on, closed the door and went back to my apartment.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

The president traveled to Jacksonville after another closed door meeting at the White House with top advisers on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Despite concerns about the impact of reforms on Wall Street, the three major U.S.indexes closed higher on Friday.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

British airspace has been closed down for the first time since the September 11,2001 attacks on New York.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

And normally bustling streets near the protest area are empty with shops closed and few people daring to walk on the streets.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Hong Kong health authorities closed off the hotel on May 1 after a confirmed swine flu case - a Mexican tourist who stayed there.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Bobrinskoy spoke on Bloomberg Television. Markets in Paris and Frankfurt closed down more than 2 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

The announcement followed a closed-door briefing for NATO foreign ministers by Secretary Clinton on the new Afghan strategy announced by President Barack Obama earlier this week.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Neither official would provide any insight into the closed-door White House deliberations on the way forward in Afghanistan, which are expected to be concluded within the next few weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Teenage boys play basketball in the shadow of a high school, damaged and closed for now, as camp residents do what they can to get on with their lives.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Attention has been focused on Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, as he works behind closed doors to try to meld two different committee versions of health care legislation into one bill for the full Senate to debate.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26