61.   President Clinton, voicing regret at the latest outbreak of violence in the Middle East, urged on Thursday an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

62.   Sato said officials were working to determine why the latest outbreak occurred and added that contaminated school lunches were considered a possible cause.

63.   Scientists also said they were puzzled by the relatively low number of deaths in the latest outbreak.

64.   Sinn Fein blamed the latest outbreak of fighting on the outlawed anti-Catholic group, the Ulster Defense Association.

65.   Sunni Muslim militants shot and killed a Shiite Muslim leader in eastern Punjab province on Wednesday in the latest outbreak of religiously motivated violence, police said.

66.   Still, no cases of illness have been reported as a result of the latest outbreak in Sydney or the one that preceded it in late July.

67.   The attack Saturday was the latest outbreak of violence in troubled Aceh province in north Sumatra where separatist guerrillas are fighting for an independent Islamic state.

68.   The administration blames Hezbollah for the latest outbreak, saying its rocket attacks on northern Israel compelled Israel to respond.

69.   The latest outbreak came after a sharp drop in sectarian violence during the past six weeks.

70.   The latest outbreak of fighting appeared to diminish hopes for a speedy prisoner exchange on which the sides agreed Saturday.