61.   Both Savimbi and Dos Santos hailed the decision Monday by the UN Security Council to extend by six months its peacekeeping mission in Angola.

62.   But Vajpayee has extended by one day his planned visit to Kazakhstan, officially for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

63.   Even though voting was extended by two hours there simply were not enough booths to handle the queues of voters at some polling stations.

64.   Failure to extend it by the Friday deadline would have automatically reimposed the sanctions.

65.   The Palestinian Authority has extended by three days until Sunday a deadline to register all weapons or face confiscation, justice minister Freih Abu Meddein said Thursday.

66.   The Turkish government asked parliament Monday to extend by one month the mandate of a Turkey-based and US-led multinational force protecting Iraqi Kurds.

67.   The Turkish parliament Tuesday extended by one month the mandate of a Turkey-based and US-led multinational force protecting the Iraqi Kurds.

68.   Japan and the United States decided Wednesday to extend by a day automobile trade talks in Tokyo, with a US official hinting some progress had been made.

69.   Japan and the United States decided Wednesday to extend by a day automobile trade talks in Tokyo after negotiations broke down in Washington last week, an official said.

70.   Last month parliament ruled to lift the state of emergency in the province of Mardin, but extended it by four months in the other nine southeastern provinces.