61.   Armenian President Robert Kocharian underwent an operation to remove his appendix on Thursday and he was in stable condition, the presidential press service said.

62.   At noon, the radio began broadcasting in Albanian language, with an interview with the spokesman for the KLA press service.

63.   Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have opened a criminal case against an alleged activist of a banned Islamic movement, the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry press service said Friday.

64.   Beckman worked for the past several years at the Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature, the press service said.

65.   Beckman worked for the past several years at the Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature, the Tajik Interior Ministry press service said.

66.   Bombing runs were visible from several posts along the rugged border, at Tugul, Shuranysai, Kupletin and Takhta-Kuvat, the press service said.

67.   Border guards tried unsuccessfully to detain a man crossing the Pyandzh River from Afghanistan into Tajikistan, the press service said.

68.   Boris Yeltsin, long beset by rumors of poor health, was hospitalized today with heart problems, the presidential press service reported.

69.   Both he and his assault rifle were reported missing before dawn Wednesday, the ministry press service said.

70.   Budget adoption is the only remaining obstacle to approval of the credit, the press service said.