11.   Monitoring sectarian unrest in Ambon.

12.   Police said extra security had been posted around Sunni and Shiite mosques in the Punjab capital Lahore and other places known as hotbeds of sectarian unrest.

13.   The government, in a crackdown against religious militants following the embassy blast, detained hundreds of people saying the action was aimed at preventing sectarian unrest.

14.   The Indian press has been critical of Vajpayee and his ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party for their handling of the sectarian unrest.