71.   Withdrawals by depositors worried over the health of finance companies slowed considerably Thursday, according to Yuth Vorachattarn, director of the Association of Finance Companies.

72.   Meanwhile official Syrian newspapers charged that Israel was looking for an excuse to avoid a full withdrawal by stirring a domestic rumpus.

73.   Meanwhile official Syrian newspapers charged Israel with looking for an excuse to avoid a full withdrawal by stirring a domestic rumpus.

74.   NATO currently plans to begin pulling its Stabilisation Force out of Bosnia late this year and to have completed the withdrawal by June next year.

75.   Most state-owned banks reported unprecedented rush at counters, but dispelled fears that largescale withdrawals by individual depositors and companies would drain their cash reserves.

76.   Players and officials are to meet next week to discuss the threats and skipper Mark Taylor has said withdrawals by some players are a possibility.

77.   Peres also expressed confidence that a solution in the stalemate over a Middle East ceasefire and withdrawal by Israeli troops from Palestinian self-rule areas was on the horizon.

78.   Safin benefited from an injury withdrawal by Spaniard Tommy Robredo in the other semi-final.

79.   Syria on Sunday rejected an Israeli demand to keep observation posts on strategic points in the Golan Heights after a withdrawal by the Jewish state.

80.   Syria Sunday rejected an Israeli demand to keep observation posts on strategic points in the Golan Heights after a withdrawal by the Jewish state.