71.   A leading hard-line newspaper in Iran has been shut down after publishing an interview with a cleric who accused the government of forsaking the Islamic revolution.

72.   A leading Iranian newspaper Tuesday accused Britain of sabotaging efforts to improve ties between Iran and the European Union, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

73.   A leading Muslim newspaper criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday for not doing more to defend British Muslims from reprisals after the terrorist attacks in the United States.

74.   A leading Peruvian newspaper last week reported that U.S. and Peruvian paratroopers were preparing for an evening assault on the residence if the standoff could not be resolved peacefully.

75.   A survey released Friday by a leading Japanese newspaper found that belief in the paranormal among college students in Tokyo is about double that of the general population.

76.   Ads announcing the additional shares appeared in leading German newspapers on Monday.

77.   After leaving his post, he wrote regularly on defense issues in leading Indian newspapers.

78.   Also on Tuesday, several leading Russian newspapers lambasted top Kremlin officials for having patronized the sect.

79.   An Egyptian extremist group has criticized an Arab League pact on fighting terrorism as hostile to the Islamic movement, a leading newspaper reported Friday.

80.   An-Nahar, a leading Lebanese newspaper, said in a front-page editorial Tuesday.