71.   At least three government soldiers were also killed during the Saturday fight which occurred after the rebels tried to ambush the troops, the statement said.

72.   Askerov was arrested in connection with the case and four other Russians who were at the party were being sought by police for questioning, said the statement.

73.   Authorities arrested a number of people suspected of instigating the violence and confiscated cars carrying looted items, the ministry statement said.

74.   Authorities first fired warning shots at the ship, and then later shot directly at it, as they sought to inspect its cargo, the statement said.

75.   Authorities, in the meantime, are continuing their consideration of the request to seize the assets, the statement said.

76.   Authorities are also launching an investigation into a Hamburg-based group of people from Arabic countries suspected of being part of terrorist cells, the statement said.

77.   Barak reported that he had told Arafat he intends to carry out all his commitments, the statement said.

78.   Bordyuzha, who was also dismissed from his post as the head of the National Security Council, was being transferred to another job, a Kremlin statement said.

79.   Both men remain in custody and will be tried here on charges of falsification of documents and drug trafficking, the statement said.

80.   Both foreign ministers were concerned that Milosevic did not agree to withdraw Serbian security forces from the province, the Foreign Ministry statement said.