61.   Canada launched an initiative to group countries which have expressed support for a ban on the production, export, sale and stocking of anti-personnel mines.

62.   The third death came as Justice Minister Kazan pledged to launch an initiative to bring about an end to the hunger strike.

63.   They reviewed reviewed political developments since the latest initiative was launched last Wednesday by prime ministers John Major of Britain and John Bruton of Ireland.

64.   Justice Minister Sevket Kazan said Tuesday that he would launch an initiative Wednesday to put an end to the hunger strikes but did not elaborate.

65.   Jospin launched his initiative for the island two years ago.

66.   Launching initiatives that go nowhere, absent when crucial decisions are made, Russia is being steadily stripped of the international clout once wielded by the Soviet Union.

67.   King Hussein said in Amman on Tuesday that he was ready to launch an initiative for the lifting of sanctions against Iraq.

68.   Last September, US President George W. Bush launched an initiative for Sudan by naming former senator John Danforth as special envoy.

69.   President Bill Clinton and White House officials are in Philadelphia to launch an initiative on voluntary service.

70.   Seventeen West African countries Wednesday launched an initiative to promote a new hybrid rice they claim will reduce poverty on the continent while improving its food security.