1.   Authorities have relaxed the heightened state of alert along the U.S.-Canadian frontier that was ordered last month amid fears of a terrorist bomb plot.

2.   He said some villagers were threatening to leave the area for cities unless authorities relax the law.

3.   The statement said the local authorities should also relax the requirements imposed on the housing developers.

4.   He said authorities had relaxed their control of video rental stores, discotheques and karaoke lounges and were not severe enough with those who violated laws.

5.   Authorities relaxed the curfew for three hours in parts of Srinagar on Sunday but reimposed it quickly after hundreds poured onto the streets to protest, witnesses said.

6.   Several Moslem shops were burnt when authorities relaxed curfew for two hours Saturday, witnesses said.