61.   The president of Belarus, an authoritarian leader nostalgic for Soviet times, on Friday celebrated the birthday of the Soviet secret police.

62.   The United States has been frequently at odds with Lukashenko, an authoritarian leader who has been accused of frequent human rights violations.

63.   The students were protesting the presence of several authoritarian Asian leaders, notably then-President Suharto of Indonesia, who has since been deposed.

64.   Their deaths helped trigger citywide riots that led to the ouster of the authoritarian leader nine days later.

65.   Thousands of Grenadians bid farewell to Sir Eric Gairy, the authoritarian former leader who helped the island to independence from Britain before his ouster by a Marxist coup.

66.   Zoran Djindjic, another opposition leader, said the authoritarian Serbian leader was isolated in the world.

67.   Zoran Djindjic, another opposition leader, said the authoritarian Serbian leader was internationally isolated.

68.   However, it aroused concern among Russians who feared that Lukashenko, an authoritarian leader who has muzzled political opponents, could spread his influence to Russia itself.

69.   Critics see the vote as a ploy by authoritarian leader Islam Karimov to cling on to power.

70.   The union accord aroused concern among Russians who feared that Lukashenko, an authoritarian leader who has muzzled political opponents, could spread his influence to Russia.