Most of the capital was under a tight lockdown, with Syrian soldiers and tanks surrounding the mosques in an attempt to deter post-Friday Prayer demonstrations, and heavily guarded checkpoints ringing the city.
CAIRO — Iranian authorities sent police officers into the streets to deter protests on Friday as Mir Hussein Moussavi, the principal opposition leader, said in a statement that he did not fear giving his life as "a martyr".
It is far enough from San Francisco to deter hordes of day-trippers: a three-and-a-half-hour inland drive on Highways 101 and 128, far longer on the scenic but tortuous coastal Highway 1.
Here in Quetta, Pakistani soldiers patrolled the streets for a second day to deter rioting and revenge killings by Shiites.
But will the price tag — 500 dirhams (£109) for an annual pass, 150 for a week, and 50 for a day — nevertheless deter local users?
"Early sales will not deter the determined Boxing Day sales shopper, as the focus will move from gift buying to shoppers treating themselves," said Myf Ryan, director of marketing for the UK shopping centres owned by Westfield.
In the opinion of many specialists, there is only one comparably simple and effective way to deter fraud on Election Day in most computerized jurisdictions: an immediate hand recount of the ballots cast in a random group of precincts selected after the vote-counting by various parties to the election.
Michigan, unlike its neighboring states, does not permit early voting, and they argued that long lines on election day could deter thousands of people from casting a ballot.
In a telephone interview, Colonel Julian accused Taliban forces of "immersing themselves" among civilians on Monday to deter American forces from using airstrikes.
Neither imminent review of the issue by the Supreme Court nor the promise of yet another presidential veto could deter the House on Wednesday from its familiar ritual of voting to impose a national ban on so-called partial birth abortion.
