The city issued a stop-work order at the site, temporarily halting the operations of steel workers.
A state judge in Staten Island refused yesterday to halt the operation of a new mini-power plant in the borough.
Using a secret agent they had recruited who was in close contact with the bin Laden organization, Mr. Mubarak said, his intelligence chiefs tried unsuccessfully to halt the operation.
After Mr. Bush called on Israel to halt the operation, Mr. Sharon continued it for a month without damaging his relationship with Washington.
Japan also expressed strong concern, saying Algeria had failed not only to advise of the operation ahead of time, but to heed its request to halt the operation because it was endangering the hostages.
A South Korean newspaper, the Chosun Ilbo, reported Monday that North Korea had offered to halt the operation of the five-megawatt reactor at its main nuclear complex while allowing monitoring by the international weapons inspectors.
Mr. Fischer said he tried to halt the operation on Sunday because the high winds trailing the storm added to an already potent combination of stinging insects, heights and chain saws.
A source in the local military command centre told Reuters that military commanders had "reached a decision to halt the operation until a suitable, carefully set plan is in place".
(AP) SEOUL South Korea presses North on Kaesong The South Korean unification minister urged North Korea on Monday to return to negotiations and stop threatening to halt the operation of a joint industrial complex.
The ATSB is conducting a deep-sea sonar search but may halt the operation by the end of this year if the current search area of 120,000 sq km (46,000 sq miles) in the southern Indian ocean does not uncover the aircraft.
