Word: curfew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Palestinians in the West Bank village of Nahalin last week ended their prayers at the village mosque before sunrise and prepared for another day of fasting. Suddenly about 100 rifle-toting Israeli border policemen swarmed into Nahalin to make arrests, imposing a curfew on its 3,000 residents. Shouting vulgar insults, the Israelis started searching for young Palestinians suspected of stoning the cars of Jewish settlers traveling on nearby roads. Confronted by a stone-throwing mob, the policemen opened fire, killing a 28-year-old laborer named Riyadh Abu Gayadeh...
...curb the violence, officials have been advocating steps that may verge on martial law. A federal judge last week blocked on constitutional grounds implementation of an 11 p.m. curfew for minors. New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman suggested putting the city's 4,000 beleaguered police under federal control. Congressman Stan Parris, a Virginia Republican, drafted legislation to appoint a federal public-safety administrator. There were even cries for deployment of federal troops or National Guardsmen...
...nation's capital became its murder capital in 1988, with 372 slayings. This year has started out even worse: 93 killings as of Saturday, vs. 55 at the same point a year ago. To stop the slaughter, the D.C. city council voted last week to impose a 90-day curfew on children under 18. Those caught after 11 p.m. (midnight on weekends) would be hauled to police stations; parents of repeat offenders would be fined. Police are skeptical. In murder cases, says Police Chief Maurice Turner, the "average victim is 31, and the average perpetrator is over...
Venezuela had not seen such mayhem since 1958, when a popular insurrection toppled dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez and ushered in democracy. Overnight, Venezuelans faced martial-law restrictions, including a 6 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew. When the riots ended, severe food shortages in the capital threatened to stir more disquiet. The most important victim of the upheaval was probably President Perez himself, who had begun his second term in office (the first was from 1974 to 1979) with a huge margin of popularity. That goodwill was suddenly forgotten when the rattled leader failed to stop the violence with a rambling...
Police guarded a 130-block area of Overtown yesterday, warning motorists who passed through that they could not be guaranteed protection. Six schools were closed and some buses were rerouted, but authorities refused to declare an evening curfew...