71.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan flies to Baghdad Friday, hoping to resolve the crisis with a diplomatic solution.

72.   Until recently, there was an imperfect world order based on international organizations trying to resolve crises politically.

73.   While unions and government representative are finally coming to the table, it is far from clear that talk will resolve the crisis.

74.   Yeltsin issued an unusually harsh threat that Moscow would break off its diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis if its views continued to be ignored.

75.   Yet pressure is mounting from opposition critics and the business community to resolve the crisis soon.

76.   Peruvian lawmakers said Thursday they would consider granting amnesty to the Tupac Amaru rebels if that would resolve the crisis.

77.   Papandreou is touring Balkan capitals as part of international efforts to resolve the crisis.

78.   A European Union team returned to Macedonia on Wednesday to seek ways to resolve the crisis.

79.   A caretaker government is finally appointed to resolve the crisis, and a military rebellion later erupts outside Dhaka.

80.   A mediating panel has been meeting separately with the hostage-takers and government officials to resolve the crisis.