71.   The U.S. delegation left Kamchatka for Alaska later Friday.

72.   The U.S. delegation left Moscow later Friday.

73.   The U.N. delegation was expected leave Baghdad later Thursday to return to New York to brief the Security Council on Monday.

74.   The U.N. delegation was expected leave Baghdad later Thursday to return to New York to brief the Security Council.

75.   Trying to help rival Kurdish factions in northern Iraq reconcile their differences, a U.S. delegation will leave for the region shortly, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday.

76.   He gave no dates when the delegation would leave for Kandahar.

77.   He said the delegation would leave for Kabul in the next two or three days for talks with the hardline Taliban, who seized the capital on Friday.

78.   In another development, a high-ranking Ghanaian delegation left Accra for the Nigerian capital Abuja and talks with junta leader General Sani Abacha, Ghanaian government sources said Friday.

79.   A government delegation left Noumea Sunday for a week-long official visit to Australia, officials said.

80.   A high-level Chadian government delegation left for Tripoli on Thursday for Libyan-sponsored direct negotiations with northern rebels.