71.   Thousands of Jewish pilgrims on Saturday held prayers in the flashpoint West Bank town of Hebron to mark a religious holiday, protected by heavy Israeli army reinforcements.

72.   Witnesses said police intervened to stop the protesters approaching the Allenby Bridge, over the Jordan River to the West Bank, where they wanted to hold Friday prayers.

73.   Jews and Moslems were due to hold prayers at the Tomb at the same time on Friday, but would enter through separate doors.

74.   King Fahd of Saudi Arabia on Monday urged his subjects to hold prayers for rain in the desert kingdom.

75.   Normal Friday prayers were held at Rangoon mosques, but no sermons were delivered, the Moslem source said.

76.   Prayers were held in a makeshift building during the time it was being repaired.

77.   Prayers were held throughout the night at the gleaming reception hall where the coffin was laid upon its arrival from Jakarta Sunday afternoon.

78.   Prayers are held Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.

79.   Services had also been expected at an Orthodox Christian church, although no prayers were held as planned for reasons that were not immediately clear.

80.   Similar prayers were held last week in Saudi Arabia, which is also mainly desert.