71.   It quoted an Irian Jaya provincial official as saying urgent supplies of rice and other food were needed to prevent more deaths.

72.   Kiet cautioned provincial officials not to allow their regional interests to supersede the interests of the whole country, the state-run Vietnam News reported Wednesday.

73.   Kinh, a former provincial official in the South Vietnamese government, paused when asked what he felt.

74.   KwaZulu-Natal provincial officials connected the violence to two cases involving rival taxi owner factions being heard at the court on Thursday.

75.   Khmer Rouge kidnappers have blocked the most recent effort by government envoys to meet with their British and Cambodian hostages, a provincial official said Sunday.

76.   Mahmoud Salari, a senior provincial official in Kalaleh, said bulldozers were pushing uprooted trees and debris from roads, clearing the way for rescue vehicles.

77.   Marszalek suspended construction in April but, over the objections of provincial officials, resumed work on the project on July.

78.   Messengers trying to make contact with the guerrillas told provincial officials last week that the hostages had been taken to Anlong Veng.

79.   More than a thousand refugees fled to Thailand early Sunday morning after a skirmish between Cambodian rebels and government forces, provincial officials said.

80.   Nine people have died in Phu Yen province, while Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai provinces reported one person killed each, said provincial officials.