71.   Omar deferred the decision to the council of Islamic clerics, which was to convene later Tuesday in Kabul.

72.   On Saturday, Vajpayee deferred a decision about which group has rights to the land to the Supreme Court, saying his efforts to resolve the dispute had failed.

73.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, backed by a majority of the Cabinet ministers, decided to defer decision on the tax clause for two weeks.

74.   President Clinton, who favored a more limited missile defense than Bush, deferred essential decisions on the plan until he was out of office.

75.   President Clinton has deferred a decision on such a system to his successor.

76.   Sinn Fein leader defers decision on returning to talks.

77.   Taiwan requested it last year, and the Clinton administration deferred the decision.

78.   That decision was deferred until a special shareholders meeting to be held soon, CANTV said.

79.   The accord provided for the withdrawal of Russian troops and deferred a decision on Chechen independence for five years.

80.   The board examined the report of a three-member investigative panel but deferred a decision until Monday.