61.   The ministry did not give the origin or supposed destination of the substance.

62.   The ministry gave no details of the circumstances of the incident pending an investigation by the Royal Military Police.

63.   The ministry has given permission for the mass turnout on the grounds of freedom to demonstrate in respect for the law.

64.   The Palestinian education ministry is even giving lessons in democracy to teachers.

65.   The new ministry has been hastily pieced together from parts of the housing, transport, defence and agriculture ministries since Levy gave his ultimatum five days ago.

66.   The warning reiterated one the ministry gave Tuesday -- two days before a German court verdict indicting the top Iranian leadership for ordering the assassination of opposition figures abroad.

67.   TVBS said the defense ministry had given similar information.

68.   National Police Commissioner Adolfo Salamanca told RCN Radio that the defense ministry had given him the tape recording on Monday, but that it did not incriminate Vargas.

69.   The Chinese foreign ministry gave a guarded welcome Thursday to a Japanese pledge to destroy every chemical weapon left in China by Japanese troops during World War II.

70.   The direction of future US policies toward North Korea was also taken up, but the ministry gave no further details.