71.   Despite the violence, officials have assured that the insurgency is being beaten back.

72.   Despite the violence, officials have assured the insurgency is being beaten back and elections, opposed by leading opposition parties including the Salvation Front, will go forward.

73.   Embassy spokeswoman Karen Morrisey said officials had assured lawmakers and the Muslim delegation that detainees were being treated in a proper and humane way.

74.   Embassy officials assured the governor of the American commitment to be good neighbors.

75.   Ethiopian officials assured members of the U.N. Security Council Friday that the government would accept the ruling of an international commission on the exact border with Eritrea.

76.   Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Seymour Mullings has said high-ranking Cuban officials have assured him that Cubans repatriated from Jamaica will not be punished.

77.   He decided to return to his homeland from Turkmenistan after the officials assured him he would not face problems in Iran, he said.

78.   He said company officials assured them their union would still be recognized, but he warned Tan not to trick them.

79.   He said he was concerned that Rwanda opposed the idea of the force but that Rwandan officials had assured him the soldiers would be allowed to transit the country.

80.   Hewitt said U.S. officials had assured her that if exemptions were granted, any extra duty paid since the tariffs were introduced would be refunded.