71.   Deve Gowda said after flying over the disaster zone he would appeal to international agencies and expatriate Indians to help in the reconstruction of the region.

72.   Doctors and surgeons were in short supply in the disaster zone.

73.   Earlier union bosses had exempted members from the disaster zones from taking part.

74.   The National Assembly on Saturday passed a law enabling the president to declare a disaster zone.

75.   The site has been declared a disaster zone in order to protect the wreckage of the plane, lying in several broken parts on the muddy seabed.

76.   UN coordinator in Iran, Franceso Bastagli, said Monday the United Nations had completed a two-day survey of the disaster zone.

77.   Visiting the disaster zone, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets ordered the establishment of a new seismic studies centre on the island.

78.   UN coordinator in Iran, Franceso Bastagli, said meanwhile the United Nations had completed a two-day survey of the disaster zone.

79.   Union bosses had exempted members from the disaster zones from taking part.

80.   Zaire has declared Kikwit a disaster zone and placed it under quarantine to prevent spread of the disease.