61.   Bush said that Secretary of State Colin Powell had been in touch with both India and Pakistan on Friday to urge calm.

62.   China on Thursday urged calm over the defection of a high-level North Korean official to the South Korean embassy in Beijing.

63.   China urged calm Thursday over the defection of a high-level North Korean official to the South Korean embassy in Beijing.

64.   Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres urged calm after the flare-up of tensions, and a spokesman said an inquiry had been opened into the shelling.

65.   Nations around the region urged calm and the United States dispatched two aircraft carrier battle groups to the Strait.

66.   NSW Emergency Services Minister Bob Debus urged calm ahead of Sunday and said crews were well prepared.

67.   Police evacuated buildings and Bolivian police commander Walter Osinaga urged calm.