91.   Calls over fiber optic cable tend to be clearer, with less static and echo, than satellite calls.

92.   China and South Korea have established telecommunications links through a fiber optic cable that runs under the Yellow Sea, an official report said Saturday.

93.   China, Russia and North Korea have begun building road and rail links and establishing fiber optic cables to provide modern telecommunications.

94.   Dozens of fiber optic cables were slashed overnight and early Friday, police reported.

95.   Europe wants fiber optic cables, capacitors, photocopiers and graphic display tubes to be covered by the pact, while Washington wants them excluded.

96.   Europe wanted fiber optic cables, capacitors, photocopiers and graphic display tubes to be covered by the pact, while Washington wanted them excluded.

97.   Europe wants fiber optic cables, capacitors, photocopiers and graphic display tubes to be covered by the pact, but Washington wants them excluded.

98.   Fiber optic cables, also on the list, are hard to disrupt or intercept.

99.   Fiber optic cables allow thousands of more calls and high-speed communications compared with conventional copper wires.

100.   Fiber optic cable running through the tunnel was damaged by the blaze, but authorities said they had not yet assessed the extent of the damage.