61.   Yet in the same breath, she wondered if it would not have been better if some dissidents, who became leading nationalist politicians, had remained behind bars.

62.   President Andres Pastrana met privately Wednesday night with his Cabinet, generals and leading politicians as the three-year-old peace process was breathing its last.

63.   Prosecutors have closed an investigation into alleged anti-Semitic remarks by a leading German politician that caused an election-year uproar, Berlin judicial authorities said Monday.

64.   A leading ethnic Albanian politician said a signing would more likely come early in the week.

65.   A leading German politician urged NATO on Tuesday to extend full membership to three central European countries and to sign a treaty with Russia on strategic cooperation.

66.   A leading politician on Monday admitted working for the Securitate, the oppressive secret police of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, but claimed he never harmed anyone.

67.   A leading ethnic Albanian politician said the KLA missed its chance to really negotiate and is now too weakened to do anything but enter talks.

68.   A leading moderate Catholic politician said the killing was the work of people determined to prevent a peace settlement in the province.

69.   A leading Russian politician warned Saturday that the United States and NATO could spark another Vietnam and possibly World War III if they send ground troops in to Yugoslavia.

70.   A leading German politician is calling for protests against German companies that used forced labor during World War II but have yet to contribute to a proposed compensation fund.