1.   Foreign diplomats in the Burmese capital, Yangon, formerly Rangoon, confirmed by telephone that arrests were taking place in several cities.

2.   Myint Maung Maung fled Rangoon, the Burmese capital.

3.   The streets of Rangoon were quiet but tense on Sunday as hundreds of policemen blocked off parts of the Burmese capital to prevent demonstrations by angry students.

4.   The six Americans being detained have communicated with their families through the US embassy in the Burmese capital of Rangoon.

5.   A bomb exploded in the center of the Burmese capital under a government-erected billboard denouncing pro-democracy activists, state media said Thursday.

6.   A large trade fair aimed at boosting exports and foreign investment opened in the Burmese capital Saturday, with a number of foreign companies taking part.

7.   And authorities postponed an annual marathon planned for Thursday in the Burmese capital.

8.   Authorities postponed an annual marathon planned for Thursday in the Burmese capital.

9.   Calling from the Burmese capital, the reporter said she did not know the reason for the unusual military deployment.

10.   China and Burma signed an agreement in the Burmese capital, Rangoon, on Tuesday, to better manage their border, Xinhua said in a separate dispatch.