Mr. Karzai also ordered the closing of opium shops.
Israeli officials also ordered the closing of three Palestinian universities.
He ordered the closing of the offices of two political parties that helped lead the demonstrations.
This week the courts ordered the closing of 13 of the country's most liberal newspapers.
But the next day President Fox ordered the closing of a military base there.
Israel's public security minister, Uzi Landau, who ordered the closing, defended it again today.
The situation first erupted in July, when magistrates ordered the closing of blast furnaces at the Taranto plant.
Obama ordered the closing of the CIA's secret prisons, but not those run by Joint Special Operations.
On Friday night, Hollande ordered the closing of the country's borders and authorities warned residents to stay inside.
On Tuesday, the government ordered the closing of the Taliban's two remaining consulates, in Quetta and Peshawar.
After the attacks Wednesday night, Mr. Arafat ordered the closing of all offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
