61.   As the sky darkened in a solar eclipse Tuesday, Hindu ascetics led hundreds of thousands of Indians into sacred lakes for a ritual to wash away their sins.

62.   Astrologers said Tuesday their business is booming because thousands of Thais are seeking advice on how to ward off the anticipated evil effects of a solar eclipse next month.

63.   Author Ken Kesey celebrates the last solar eclipse of the millennium by touring England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland with his crew of pranksters.

64.   Australian Aborigines believe a solar eclipse is an event of deep cosmological significance.

65.   Caribbean revelers await solar eclipse.

66.   Carrying on a royal tradition, a Thai princess will lead Thailand in its observation of the total solar eclipse next week.

67.   Chances for a glimpse of a total solar eclipse looked dim early Tuesday as rain poured and clouds enclosed the southernmost island of Tawi-Tawi.

68.   During a solar eclipse, Reahou swallows the sun.

69.   For people gathered in cities and villages across Europe and Asia, the last total solar eclipse of the millennium is the event of a lifetime.

70.   From the earliest times, solar eclipses were seen as portents of doom.