71.   Mihelich said the flight operations were going extremely well.

72.   No fighting was reported in those cities and the operations went smoothly.

73.   Officials said that operation went well.

74.   Officials said that operation went well, and no major problems were reported in the first hours of airport operation.

75.   Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev conceded Wednesday that the military operation has gone much slower than authorities expected.

76.   Rescue operations were still going on.

77.   Russia has substantial experience in bringing spacecraft to Earth, but the chief of Russian Mission Control acknowledged this operation may not go as smooth as planned.

78.   Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev conceded Wednesday that the military operation has gone much slower than authorities had expected.

79.   The committee found that Mossad officials failed to prepare a back-up plan in case the operation went wrong, the newspaper said.

80.   The Kremlin had announced the operation would go ahead after doctors said Monday that Yeltsin was ready for the surgery.