111.   Their request echoed that of ousted president Mahamane Ousmane, who asked Saturday that his country not be isolated.

112.   To the west, the Taliban said they had captured all of Shaka Dara district from the forces of ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani.

113.   US diplomats said that ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide always has indicated that he favors deployment of such a force.

114.   It was arranged under the auspices of the UN missions in Tajikistan and Iran, and through the mediation of ousted Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani.

115.   Leading industrialized nations and Russia pressed the Haitian military Sunday to allow the restoration of democracy and the return of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

116.   Meanwhile the ousted president, Yuri Meshkov, again Sunday denounced the decision by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma Saturday to place the region under his personal control.

117.   Officials said a delegation of supporters of ousted president Hugo Chavez was enroute to the Caribbean island of La Orchila to escort him back to Caracas.

118.   Other visitors have reported that some mujahedeen troops of ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani were in Olang, where they have regrouped after their evacuation from Kabul.

119.   Ousted Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani called on the new Pakistani government Monday to end its support for the Taliban Islamic militia.

120.   Ousted Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani vowed in an interview published Monday to liberate the country from the Taliban Islamic militia and insisted he remained the legitimate head of state.