1.   Police in eastern Sri Lanka clamped a curfew on several villages after clashes between Tamil and Muslim minorities left six people dead, officials said.

2.   Authorities in Baderwah clamped a curfew to prevent an outbreak of Hindu-Muslim clashes in the town which has an equal number of people from both communities.

3.   In other developments Friday, the army clamped a curfew on downtown Hebron after an assailant hurled a hand grenade at an army outpost.

4.   In the southern state of Karnataka, police clamped curfew in Suratkal town after five people were killed in Hindu-Muslim clashes earlier this week.

5.   Iraqis attacked a state-run radio transmitter outside Baghdad on Wednesday after the government clamped a curfew on a nearby town, Iraqi dissidents said.

6.   Iraqis attacked a state-run radio station outside Baghdad on Wednesday after the government clamped a curfew on a nearby town, Iraqi opposition sources said.

7.   Iraqis attacked a state-run radio transmitter outside Baghdad on Wednesday after the government clamped a curfew on a nearby town, Iraqi opposition sources said.

8.   It said troops clamped a curfew on the Palestinian neighborhoods and launched searches.

9.   Later, they clamped a curfew on the entire city.

10.   More devastating, though, was the brutal crackdown in southern Egypt, where security forces bulldozed houses, clamped curfews on restive villages and detained thousands.