71.   However the government has urged the postal service and citizens to take care handling suspect mail.

72.   In Hong Kong, however, postal workers expressed concern over the safety of handling international mail and the Post Office there said it would draw up safety guidelines.

73.   In New York, the latest victim worked in a hospital supply room, but Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said there was no indication she handled mail.

74.   Later Wednesday, police issued a nationwide public warning for people to use care when handling mail.

75.   Postal officials said the building was a small center that handles mail for an area in the northwest of the capital.

76.   Postal staffers in Alaska had worried about how they would handle so much mail this year while dealing with the anthrax threat.

77.   South Korean postal workers handling international mail began using gas masks and gloves this week as a precaution against possible biochemical terrorism, officials said Tuesday.

78.   Still, he said, some people may want to handle mail carefully.

79.   Six Microsoft employees who handled the mail have tested negative for anthrax exposure.

80.   Sothinathan said that if the reports were true, the ministry would order a medical checkup for all postal employees handling overseas mail.