71.   For the first time ever, the Hong Kong government opened centers Tuesday for people seeking relief from a heat wave gripping the territory.

72.   From soft drinks to cosmetics to bicycles, Vietnamese-made consumer goods are losing ground to foreign products as the government cautiously opens its long-closed markets.

73.   Fox pleaded with the PRI to cooperate, while the federal government opened a criminal investigation into whether the PRI campaign was obstructing justice.

74.   Government banking officials opened another attempt Friday to sell a majority stake in Ionian Bank after strikes and protests crippled privatization plans.

75.   Government open to rebel call for strengthening civilian wing.

76.   Gen. Mario Hugo Galan said the government had opened an investigation.

77.   He also said the government would not open the roads leading to Po Lin Monastery and the Big Buddha on Lantau to tourist coaches hired by travel agents.

78.   He also was to stop by the Latin American Medical school, which the Cuban government opened earlier this year to train doctors from throughout the region.

79.   His government will open talks with the International Monetary Fund.

80.   However, in a dramatic reversal, former finance minister Daim Zainuddin announced last week that the government would open ownership in Malay-controlled companies to ethnic minorities.