61.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Monday walk away from the Mideast peace agreements if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unilaterally declares statehood in May.

62.   Protest leaders have declared sovereignty over the park, which they say is now a marae, a traditional Maori meeting place.

63.   Security forces fired on demonstrators marching toward presidential offices Tuesday, after the junta leader declared himself the winner of controversial presidential elections.

64.   Successive Israeli leaders have declared they will not abandon allies in southern Lebanon.

65.   Six other leaders have declared their intentions to run for president.

66.   The Andean nations have demonstrated advances and successes in the fight against drugs, the leaders declared.

67.   The Croatian army advanced on rebel Serb forces today in western Bosnia, and one Croat leader declared they would keep seizing territory until the Serbs agreed to peace.

68.   The rebel casualties were their heaviest since guerrilla leaders declared the cease-fire in December.

69.   Union leaders declared that the strike would continue until the government granted them a Christmas bonus, more money for classroom expenses and other perks.

70.   ASEAN leaders declared after a summit in November that Burma, Laos and Cambodia would all be admitted into ASEAN simultaneously, but stopped short of mentioning a timetable.