61.   The comments follow the killing of at least three Palestinians accused of selling land to Jews in Jerusalem or the West Bank.

62.   The comments followed a week of nearly continuous bad economic news out of Asia.

63.   The harsh comments followed apparent progress in what had appeared to be deadlocked talks between Syria and Israel.

64.   Their comments followed statements by London-based Amnesty International and New York-based Human Rights Watch accusing the Ivorian authorities of arbitrary arrests, killings and torture.

65.   Their comments followed several arrests.

66.   His comments follow declarations made in recent days by the top Republican leaders of Congress, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.

67.   His comments follow reports of conscription by Croatian armed forces in recent days, particularly in Split on the Adriatic coast, and Sisak, east of Zagreb.

68.   His comments followed a series of anti-European outbursts from leading members of the governing Conservative Party and the British press in recent weeks.

69.   His comments followed a tour of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam by UNDCP executive director Giorgio Giacomelli.

70.   His comments followed an announcement earlier Monday that the Leman BK gas platform operated by the Shell oil giant in the southern North Sea would be recycled on land.