61.   An unspecified number of troops have left the summer capital, Srinagar, and the towns of Anantnag and Baramula, said a defense ministry statement released Tuesday.

62.   An Italian foreign ministry statement gave no details about the pledge to fight terrorism and to work more closely with Italy against the proliferation of arms of mass destruction.

63.   Any such products which have already reached the Romanian market will be seized, a ministry statement said.

64.   Apart from the crew, all those on the aircraft were members of an air force band, United News of India said, quoting a defense ministry statement.

65.   Areas along Elephant Pass, which connects Paranthan to other government-held areas, were now under government control, said a defense ministry statement.

66.   Authorities arrested a number of people suspected of instigating the violence and confiscated cars carrying looted items, the ministry statement said.

67.   Billie Miller, minister for foreign affairs and international business signed the convention earlier in the week, according to a ministry statement relased recently.

68.   But Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, in a ministry statement, acknowledged the U.S. pressure.

69.   But relations with North Korea remain good, the ministry statement said, adding that Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam will visit Pyongyang later this year.

70.   Capt. Heikki Voutilainen disappeared late Thursday while traveling with a Nigerian peacekeeper in a U.N. vehicle, a ministry statement said.