71.   Jaffna is linked to the rest of Sri Lanka only by air and sea because of fighting between the army and secessionist ethnic Tamils along the land route.

72.   It would open a land route to the Jaffna peninsula, a former rebel stronghold in the north that the army captured two years ago.

73.   Kasem asked Japan to help repair a land route that could expand Thai trade and tourism with Indochina, said Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesman Suvidhya Simaskul Wednesday.

74.   Last week, the government opened the only two land routes to rebel-held Jaffna Peninsula for the first time in four years.

75.   Khan claims to hold sway over the western third of the nation, including the vital land routes to Iran and Turkmenistan.

76.   Last month, the army also captured a key road in central Sri Lanka, opening a land route to the coastal garrison at Mannar Island.

77.   Meanwhile, a U.N. relief convoy carrying flour into Sarajevo via the only available land route over Mount Igman arrived Thursday morning under the protective cover of fog.

78.   Morillon on Tuesday admitted being jealous of current U.N. commanders who managed to fulfill his dream of opening land routes into Sarajevo.

79.   Moves toward peace ran into trouble Wednesday, as talks stalled on implementing an agreement to open a land route out of besieged Sarajevo.

80.   Moves toward peace suffered another setback Wednesday as talks stalled on implementing an agreement to open a land route out of besieged Sarajevo.