61.   The military junta Tuesday denounced a pirate radio station launched by the ousted civilian president, who is using it to encourage opposition to the regime.

62.   The Ninjas have links to former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas, a sometime-ally of ousted president Pascal Lissouba.

63.   The opposition, led by ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani, still controls roughly five percent of the country.

64.   The ousted president and an envoy of northern warlord Rashid Dostum were at the talks, along with U.N., Pakistani and Turkish officials.

65.   The ousted Yugoslav president has been under guard at a Belgrade military hospital since late Wednesday, when he was rushed from Central Prison after complaining of chest pains.

66.   The line had been closed since December due to the presence in the region of Zulu militia fighters, fighting to return ousted president Pascal Lissouba to power.

67.   The Nigerian-led peacekeepers have taken the lead in trying to return the ousted president, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, to office.

68.   The opposition is led by ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani and former defense minister Ahmed Shah Massood, both of whom are ethnic Tajiks.

69.   The opposition troops have been led by the Shiite Muslim army of Karim Khalili, part of the northern-based alliance led by ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani.

70.   The opposition, led by ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani, said the Taliban fired the first shot.