71.   It wants to use the Belgian base as a platform for exploring other potential European markets.

72.   Antara quoted an unidentified officer from the Dili navy base as saying that the boat will be provided with fuel and food but will have to leave Indonesian waters.

73.   Chechen commanders vowed Friday to make a last stand at Shali before retreating to mountain bases as Russian forces tightened their grip on the separatist republic.

74.   Christine Boutin, Bruno Megret and Jean Saint-Josse, had appealed to the same far right-wing base as Le Pen.

75.   The Pentagon has described those being held at the base as a mixture of Taliban and al-Qaeda members, some of them high-level officials.

76.   The winning consortium could use the new investment and European base as a springboard for possible expansion into neighbouring France and Germany.

77.   US forces are in the process of taking control of two other major Haitian bases as part of Operation Uphold Democracy.

78.   Victoria Clarke, the chief Pentagon spokeswoman, said about two dozen people would be visiting the base as part of the congressional delegation.

79.   Reporters, however, were barred from the Han Pijesak base as the inspection of installations and arms depots continued in the early afternoon.

80.   Russian troops met nothing heavier than isolated shooting incidents at the town, indicating there was no rebel base as the military claimed, Borshev said.