1.   Although the military made it clear it would defy orders to impose an emergency, Wahid repeated his threat several times in recent days.

2.   Opposition parties have alleged Kumaratunga imposed the emergency to postpone elections because her party was unlikely to win as many votes as it has in the past.

3.   He said he would impose an emergency later Friday, curtailing civil rights across the country, if the miners did not return to work.

4.   The government imposed the emergency in November after the Maoist rebels abruptly ended a cease-fire and resumed attacks on government forces.

5.   The state emergency was imposed in November to control the Maoists after the peace dialogues and a truce were abruptly broken by the rebels to resume their violence.

6.   The emergency was imposed in late November after the Maoists broke a four-month ceasefire in November with a string of attacks on the police and army.

7.   The emergency was first imposed in November last year to counter Maoist rebels.