Google Android 2.3 User Manual page 30

Android basics
Respond to a notification
1 Open the Notifications panel.
Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description.
2 Touch a notification to respond to it.
The Notifications panel closes. What happens next depends on the notification.
For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network
disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can
reconnect.
Clear all notifications
1 Open the Notifications panel.
Touch Clear at the top right of the panel.
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All event-based notifications are cleared; ongoing notifications remain in the list.
Close the Notifications panel
Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of the screen. Or
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just press the Back
The panel also closes when you touch a notification to respond to it.
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