11.   The Yadana pipeline, which will pump energy from neighbouring Burma, has been suspended amid protests by conservationists who say the scheme will ruin rare virgin forests.

12.   Russia on Tuesday backed off from reimposing a state of emergency in Chechnya after demilitarisation talks were suspended amid renewed tension in the Moslem Caucasus republic.

13.   The freedom to walk about wings has also been suspended amid searches ordered following the discovery of the tunnel, according to the same sources.