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According to a communique read on the Burkina Faso radio, the country's borders were closed, a 9 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew imposed, and Sankara's National Revolutionary Council dissolved. It declared today a holiday so the nation could celebrate the former president's ouster...
...violence in Colombo's streets indicated, Jayewardene still faces serious obstacles in persuading the Sinhalese majority to accept the pact. On the day of the signing, the government declared a curfew in the capital and deployed soldiers to keep demonstrators from approaching the presidential residence. Senior police and military officers also had their hands full trying to keep their own unhappy forces in line. Said an enlisted man: "I have been wearing this uniform for four days. But what use is it? I am unable to support my own people." Obviously, though, dissent was not far from the surface...
...women live in separate housing accommodations in 1962, but each sex also had to live under vastly unequal rules. Unlike men-- who could be out at any hour--women were required back in their dorms by 1:00 a.m. When the Radcliffe Governing Association suggested that the curfew be abolished, it received an unfavorable response from a group of holdouts in Briggs Hall...
...army cordoned off the area around the bus terminal, and police imposed a curfew on the Colombo district...
...Rusich, 29, a house painter in Mobile, was typical. In 1984 he received a 15-year sentence for burglary. But an intensive probation scheme used in his state since 1982 eventually sent him back outside, and back to work, under strict supervision. A 10 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew was enforced during the first three months after release by at least one surprise visit each week from the corrections officer. There were three other weekly meetings, with restrictions eased as his time in the program increased. Living at home, as he was required to do for 2 1/2 years, Rusich...