71.   Military checkpoints were not immediately dismantled in the conflict zone in Chiapas Wednesday despite a limited pullout the government ordered to foster peace talks, government sources acknowledged.

72.   One down from Uganda in the north was closed by the Zairean army, and one in the south from Tanzania went right through the conflict zone.

73.   People had earlier arrived from the conflict zone aboard commercial vehicles with reports of the fighting.

74.   Otunnu praised the Sudanese government for declaring a ceasefire last month in conflict zones in the south of the country, in order to allow children to be immunized.

75.   People had arrived from the conflict zone aboard commercial vehicles with reports of the fighting.

76.   Redmond said the Kurds under UNHCR care were spread out while the Turkish Kurds live in camps, although none of them close to the conflict zone.

77.   Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Khayrullayev said Sunday that reinforcements were being sent to the conflict zone.

78.   The agency quoted sources in the Northern Fleet in Murmansk as saying some of its marines were already in the conflict zone.