1.   Hindu agitation around the disputed shrine at Ayodhya in early December fuelled serious communal unrest in many parts of India.

2.   Follow up on communal unrest sparked by anti-Moslem attacks in the northern city of Mandalay and Rangoon.

3.   However, authorities would be wary that the communal unrest could fuel political protests, they said.

4.   An official state visit by Vajpayee was scheduled for next month but has been postponed due to the communal unrest in India.

5.   BANGKOK Follow up on communal unrest in Burma.

6.   Burma has cancelled exams for monks scheduled next week in Rangoon and the northern city of Mandalay following anti-Moslem communal unrest, religious sources said Friday.

7.   Burmese authorities kept security tight for a visit by Laotian Prime Minister Khamtay Siphandone as communal unrest in the capital appeared to be winding down, witnesses said.

8.   The opposition has repeatedly called for the dismissal of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who has been widely criticised for his handling of the communal unrest.

9.   Modi and his government have been the target of intense media and opposition criticism for doing too little too late to prevent the communal unrest getting out of hand.

10.   Rangoon was calm Thursday following communal unrest which saw dozens of Moslem properties vandalized across Burma, but Buddhist monks here appeared restless, witnesses said.