71.   France and Britain renewed their threat to withdraw troops after the Serbs renewed their assault on Sarajevo two weeks ago.

72.   France also renewed a threat to withdraw its UN peacekeepers from ex-Yugoslavia if diplomatic peace efforts brought no results.

73.   French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur renewed Monday threats of a possible withdrawal of French soldiers from Bosnia following the deaths of two French United Nations peacekeepers.

74.   Hurd said Iraq must not be allowed to renew its threat to the Gulf states, and a way had to be found to fully guarantee their long-term security.

75.   In Sanaa, a Yemeni official renewed threats of military action to recover the volcanic island.

76.   A Chechen rebel leader on Tuesday renewed a threat to contaminate Moscow with radioactive material by exploding waste containers.

77.   A shadowy Tamil group has renewed a threat against foreign investors and tourists visiting Sri Lanka and said the bombing of oil storage tanks in the capital was warning.

78.   But Syria renewed a threat not to sign the NPT extension unless Israel adhered to the treaty.

79.   China, which warns other countries against forging ties with Taiwan, has renewed threats to invade Taiwan if it goes independent.

80.   China on Thursday renewed threats of economic and commercial sanctions against Australia for a meeting between the Dalai Lama and Australian Prime Minister John Howard.