- Israel Shells Market in West Bank (June 22, 2002)
... hundreds gathered to shop in the mistaken belief that an around-the-clock curfew had been suspended, according to witnesses and the Israeli military. "W... - Buried With Chocolate in His Hand (July 7, 2002)
...hborhood grocery store to buy themselves some candy, during a break in the curfew, until the soldiers in the tank shot them from up close, killing two of th... - When Children Run From Shells (July 11, 2002)
...n population centres raises questions about its commitment to relaxing the curfew on the West Bank, as Israeli officials claimed they were doing this week.... - Fear, Rage Fester Inside for West Bank Children (August 6, 2002)
... – when they get older. The many months of warfare, occupation and then curfew "cause them to think radically and become more and more absorbed with how... - The Fire is Spreading... (November 9, 2004)
...ia and now Jordan, so we are trapped in Iraq," says Salam. "Now they put a curfew on Baghdad. This is the first. The second is that the highway bridge conne... - Meet the 'Terror Tourists' (December 7, 2003)
...e in shootings and suicide bombings the Israeli army has imposed a daytime curfew on Hebron's Palestinian population: today the streets are empty and eerily... - Israeli Troops Seize Millions in Raids on Palestinian Banks (February 25, 2004)
...ical condition. The army cordoned off the downtown area and declared a curfew as army jeeps and trucks blocked off the main roads in Ramallah. "The... - Are We Committing War Crimes in Iraq? (July 7, 2003)
...red: "We had good intelligence that there were people moving, during their curfew, close to the border in a convoy of SUVs, and our forces went in and stopp... - Drowned Iraqi 'Was Forced Into River By Five US Soldiers' (February 14, 2004)
...eded the money for his forthcoming wedding. They arrived late, close to curfew, and were stopped by an American patrol. After searching the pick-up truck... - Israeli, Palestinian Majorities Indicate Readiness for Two States (December 9, 2002)
...nt nonviolent demonstrations and the mass violation of the Israeli-imposed curfew. Among those who indicated demonstrations occurred in their town, 54% said... - Family Shot Dead by Panicking US Troops (August 10, 2003)
...d at 9.30 at night, an hour after sunset, but long before the start of the curfew at 11pm. The Americans had set up roadblocks in the Tunisia quarter of Bag... - Israeli Shells Hit Crowd of Palestinians, Killing at Least 9 (May 19, 2004)
...in Tel al-Sultan, thousands were shut in their homes by an Israeli-imposed curfew. Electricity and water was also cut off from the area, Palestinian officia... - Troops Set to Take Out Fallujah's "Bad Guys" (April 6, 2004)
... from the US military, telling residents that there was a daily 7pm to 6am curfew. They ordered them not to congregate in groups or carry weapons, even if t... - Gingerly, Arabs Question Suicide Bombings (July 3, 2002)
...g, with Israeli forces holding hundreds of thousands of Palestinians under curfew in the West Bank. "We should make it a political debate," she said. So... - Palestinian Libraries: Little Pieces of Heaven in Hell (November 1, 2003)
...lls his customers, who call their friends and neighbors - thus word that a curfew has been lifted is spread. Curfews are re-instated without notice. You are... - An order by the government for certain persons to return home before a certain time. It can either be to maintain public order (such as that after the 2003 U.S.-Canada blackout), or to suppress targeted groups (such as the one Adolf Hitler enacted on Jewish people in Nazi Germany). Curfews have long been directed at certain groups in many cities or states, such as Japanese-American university students on the West Coast during World War II, African-Americans in many towns during the time of Jim Crow laws, or people under 21, 19, 18, 16 or another certain age in many towns of the U.S. since the 1980s. Some jurisdictions have also proposed "daytime curfews" that would prevent high-school-age youth from visiting public places during school hours or even during immediate after-school hours.
- An "order" by a person, usually a parent, upon someone, usually under 19, to return home, usually from a party or such. This is less formal, but more common.
Curfew
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A curfew can be one of the following:
The word comes from Norman French via medieval English, originally an instruction to cover and damp down the fires before retiring, "couvre Feu"; a very necessary precaution when cities were filled with wooden houses having thatched roofs.