51.   There was no independent confirmation of the reports, which appeared in the government-owned newspaper Le Soleil and several independent dailies.

52.   Those still in the capital Pristina rarely leave their homes, and when they do they avoid speaking Serbian, state-run and independent dailies in Belgrade reported.

53.   Two independent dailies, the Belarusian Business Newspaper and Svoboda, said Zametalin wrote his letter earlier this month.

54.   Two independent Serbian dailies halted publishing Monday after police raided the office of another non-government newspaper to collect a fine for alleged anti-state activity.

55.   Two Serbian independent dailies halted publishing Monday after police raided the office and confiscated property of another non-government newspaper fined for alleged anti-state activity.

56.   Vecernje Novosti and the independent Blic dailies said Tuesday that Arkan knew the killer, shaking hands and kissing him moments before the assailant opened fire.

57.   Zimbabwe has no independent dailies.

58.   Indeed, when he declared his candidacy local police asked him to leave the city, a Moslem fundamentalist stronghold, according to The Tribune, an independent daily.

59.   Information minister Jerry Gana said Thursday he was trying to have a ban on three independent Nigerian dailies lifted earlier than scheduled.

60.   A former journalist from the communist daily Alger-Republicain, Mohamed Rebah, has been killed near Algiers, the independent daily El Watan reported Tuesday.