61.   Last week, the minister said, two Indian villagers were killed by Pakistani shells in a remote border region.

62.   Long-term plans also call for establishing more township and village enterprises to absorb surplus rural workers, the minister of labor said.

63.   Macedonia will demobilize police reservists who have been fighting ethnic Albanian rebels to give peace negotiations a chance, the interior minister said Friday.

64.   Malaysia will take steps to ensure that the haze now blanketing much of Southeast Asia will not affect the Commonwealth Games next September, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.

65.   Michel delivered a letter to Aristide saying he was resigning effective Monday, the Cabinet minister said on condition of anonymity.

66.   Members of the Conservative Party said the minister stood by his remarks.

67.   Mtingwi said ministers and those accompanying them had been avoiding filling in required forms while others had undervalued goods they brought into the country.

68.   Peacemaking with the Arabs is enabling Israel to reduce defense spending as a percentage of overall government expenditure, its finance minister said Sunday.

69.   President Suharto will make an official visit to Germany next month for three days of talks on promoting trade and economic relations, a German Cabinet minister said Wednesday.

70.   Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh plans to visit China in April in a bid to spur exports of Thai agricultural products, the commerce minister said Thursday.