91.   This had followed repeated failures by the Union to persuade Turkey to agree to modifications on a compromise negotiated with Ankara last year by Britain and the United States.

92.   It will be the first satellite that China Great Wall Industries Corp. -- a CASC affiliate -- will launch this year, following two failures.

93.   Its more aggressive stance followed its failure last year -- by just one vote, that of Russia -- to block an embarrassing debate of its human rights performance.

94.   Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis on Tuesday asked ultra-nationalist leader Maris Grinblats to form a government following the failure of leftist parties to pull together a coalition.

95.   Leading Indian newspapers lashed out at the government here Wednesday following its failure to beat Japan to a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

96.   Lagos residents on Wednesday were still in shock following the failure of the Federal High Court in Abuja to release jailed opposition leader Chief Moshood Abiola as expected.

97.   North Korea is reportedly suffering from widespread famine following crop failures due to flooding.

98.   She underwent a life-saving heart operation Friday following cardiac failure.

99.   Taiheiyo is the second Japanese regional bank to collapse following the failure of Kobe-based Hyogo Bank Ltd. last August.

100.   Such initiatives followed the failure of talks last winter under which BT was to merge with its domestic rival Cable and Wireless, which has traditionally been active internationally.