71.   A Palestinian negotiator criticized PLO chief Yasser Arafat over his agreement to hold secret talks with Israel to move forward stalled peace negotiations, an Arabic newspaper reported Friday.

72.   A group of former members of Parliament have condemned as unconstitutional the arrest last week of a cleric and former parliamentarian, newspapers reported Wednesday.

73.   A petroleum tanker truck exploded after crashing into a brick wall on Tuesday, burning alive five people and destroying seven houses, a Lagos newspaper reported Thursday.

74.   A provincial governor who had fled criminal charges in the United States has been stopped by the Supreme Court from seeking re-election, local newspapers reported Thursday.

75.   A Lebanese pop singer accused of naming a dog after the Prophet Mohammed has been barred from entering Egypt, a government-run newspaper reported Friday.

76.   A railway court in the northern city of Zhengzhou has executed nine men for stealing motorcycles and other cargo from trains, an official newspaper reported Monday.

77.   A teammate, Liviu Baicea, was transferred to another team in exchange for badly needed equipment, the newspaper reported.

78.   A Thai police sergeant has accused four other policemen of posing as gangsters and trying to extort protection money from his Bangkok go-go bar, local newspapers reported Thursday.

79.   A Russian diamond worker trying to steal gems was caught by a company spy watching through a rest-room peephole, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

80.   A senior financial official has promised China will further simplify trading of government treasury bonds for individual investors, a newspaper reported Saturday.