71.   An umbrella group of pro-separatist political parties in the state has said it will boycott the polls.

72.   Although several opposition parties have joined in the Alliance for Change, an important opposition leader has stayed out of the umbrella group.

73.   An umbrella group for a half-dozen Palestinian guerrilla factions, the PLO has withered as money and authority have been shifted to the self-rule government.

74.   Another in a series of protests organized by the opposition umbrella group, Alliance for Change, was scheduled in the central Serbian town of Kraljevo later Friday.

75.   An umbrella group of African nations suggested Tuesday that Ratsiraka and Ravalomanana set up a transitional government to end the standoff.

76.   Another radical group, the Palestinian Salvation Front, an umbrella group for Palestinian dissident factions, has signaled it was ready to soften its opposition to peacemaking eforts.

77.   Before taking over the U.S. Embassy in South Africa, Joseph headed the Council on Foundations, an umbrella group for U.S. charitable foundations.

78.   Both the Umma Party and SPLA are members of the National Democratic Alliance, an umbrella group of northern and southern dissidents bent on toppling the government.

79.   Both Geelani and Malik are key leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella group of Kashmiri political and religious parties.

80.   But the umbrella group for pro-British paramilitary groups, the Combined Loyalist Military Command, or CLMC, has refused to accept or reject responsibility.