71.   The group was selected based on an assessment of its proposal and experience in the region, the government said.

72.   The incident damaged wetlands in an area that is home to four varieties of endangered sea turtles, the government said.

73.   The new phone company, MKMTel Kft., will start operating next year, selling leased phone lines for data, the government said.

74.   The quarter-on-quarter decrease, the first in six quarters, was the result of a drawdown in inventories, the government said.

75.   The revision will encourage mergers and help reduce banking failures, the government said.

76.   The smugglers filled orders from small businesses looking for workers, the government said.

77.   The Swiss economy continued to contract in the second quarter as both exports and imports fell for the first time in three years, the government said.

78.   The turmoil is likely to affect the financial services and commerce industries, both geared to serve regional business needs, the government said.

79.   These potential voters say any government that brings peace and prosperity would be welcome, whatever its ethnic balance.

80.   U.S. farmers will harvest less corn than expected this fall, doing little to replenish dwindling supplies, the government said in a forecast that sent prices soaring.