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Unest in Burma update





* A curfew was  imposed in  Moulmein, while  protests  by  monks were  also  
reported  this  week  in  Pyinmana, Taungoo and  Prome.
* In Mandalay, monks  were  threatening  to  return  to the  streets  unless  
one  monk  arrested  by  SLORC  was  released.
* Residents  said  monks  were  demanding  his  release  by  the  full  moon 
on Sunday.
* Witnesses  reported  today a heavy  military  presence  in  an eastern  
township in Rangoon.
* An  informed  sources  in  Mandalay  noted  that the  movements  of  monks  
in  and  out  of  their  monasteries  were  being  monitored  by  security  
forces.


AFP.