Schools have been closed for a week; authorities have urged parents to take their children to the countryside.

But while the authorities urged people to avoid contact with rodents, particularly the common deer mouse, they said there was no cause for alarm.

The authorities also urged Thailand to consider revising its prevention messages because some old approaches may no longer work among a new generation.

Though still working on the details, the authority will urge a radical rethinking of user fees.

The authorities are urging the person who wrote a letter about the latest victim to come forward.

After the attack the authorities urged people not to hold outdoor religious meetings.

The community held on, though diminished in numbers, resisting a proposed closure, which the authorities were urging for financial reasons.

The authorities have urged Iraqis to photograph anything that seems like a fragment of a downed aircraft or missile.

Just as importantly, the authorities have urged the French to change their attitude to science.

The authorities repeatedly urged them to leave the area and go downtown to await the President, but people continued to arrive.