1.   After an election day marred by violence, officials imposed a nationwide curfew Wednesday night that is scheduled to end this morning.

2.   This month, President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya ordered a nationwide curfew, media censorship, reform of the army and other tough measures in an effort to contain the violence.

3.   Panic swept Sri Lanka as a radio station reported Monday that the government has imposed a nationwide curfew.

4.   A call for mass protests in February prompted authorities to send the army on the streets to impose a daylong nationwide curfew.

5.   Borders could be sealed, a nationwide curfew imposed and demonstrations banned.

6.   Borders could be sealed, a nationwide curfew imposed, and demonstrations banned.

7.   But nightly shootings continue despite a nationwide curfew.

8.   Despite a nationwide curfew, other residents spent their nights outdoors, atop patches of land where their homes once stood, to protect anything that might remain below.

9.   Police, meanwhile, lift a nationwide curfew imposed to curb post-election violence.

10.   Police, meanwhile, lifted a nationwide curfew imposed to curb post-election violence.