1.   Orders were issued banning political gatherings, but political parties remained legal.

2.   Large political gatherings had been banned, but religious festivals were exempted.

3.   One demonstration, in Saudi Arabia, provoked a stern warning from the interior ministry there that such gatherings were banned.

4.   Spontaneous gatherings were simply banned.

5.   The police have shut down restaurants and discos and banned gatherings of any size this weekend.

6.   Police Commissioner James Danbaba said the rally was banned because of security concerns, the usual reason the military government gives for banning opposition gatherings.

7.   Police have threatened to ban the gathering.

8.   A state of war would give the government the power to seal the borders, ban public gatherings, rule by decree and implement a curfew.

9.   A state of war would also give the government power to seal the borders, ban public gatherings and impose a curfew, Georgievski said.