61.   Exiled opposition leaders were reported Tuesday to have issued a call for a three-day strike by shopkeepers and students to protest a government crackdown on dissidents.

62.   Finance Minister Theo Waigel issued a call for negotiations leading to a moderate pay increase as striking union pickets blocked the gates of metalworking factories in Bavaria on Saturday.

63.   First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a call to end the international trade in prostitution on Sunday during her last stop in a weeklong European tour.

64.   Following a briefing by Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Elaraby, the council instead authorized its president, Alfredo Lopes Cabral, to issue the call.

65.   He issued his call for peace during a news conference at the State Department.

66.   His speech was clear, though on Thursday night when he issued a call for young men to consider joining the priesthood.

67.   Human Rights watch issued its call after Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a gunfire attack on a Jerusalem bus in which two teen-agers were killed.

68.   In a radio address to the nation Sunday, President Francisco Flores issued a call to help the victims.

69.   In the tomb area, Palestinian leaders issued calls over megaphones Saturday, urging the civilians to leave.

70.   In the face of intensified fighting, the United States and Britain issued new calls strongly urging Americans and Britons to leave both countries.