61.   Also on Monday, an explosion caused by a gas leak in a building in central Algiers, left five people slightly injured, Algerian television reported.

62.   Albanian army forces have surrounded Sarande, one of several southern towns controlled by armed mobs, Greek television reported Wednesday.

63.   Banks in two insurgent-held towns in southern Albania have been attacked by mobs, Greek television reported Tuesday, as unrest in the Balkans state continued.

64.   Burmese troops attempting to storm a mountain outpost of Shan separatists loyal to opium warlord Khun Sa have suffered heavy casualties, Thai military-run television reported Monday.

65.   Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev fired the head of the Chechen delegation to peace talks with Russia on Tuesday, the independent Russian television NTV reported.

66.   China has blasted a US defense bill as violating its sovereignty and interfering in its internal affairs, state television reported Sunday.

67.   Dutch police suspect ten people from former Yugoslavia now living in the Netherlands to be war criminals, state television reported early Wednesday.

68.   The Zairean government has named military governors to replace civilian administrators in two eastern provinces where soldiers are fighting Tutsi rebels, state-run television reported early Tuesday.

69.   Thousands of women and children armed with Kalashnikovs and chanting slogans against President Sali Berisha demonstrated Wednesday in the southern Albanian town of Sarande, Greek television reported.

70.   Unless they bought tickets in their own country, they faced problems with immigration officials and risked not being allowed to travel, Czech television reported.