71.   The proposal for such a meeting follows several weeks of escalating violence between the Papua New Guinea army and the rebels on the troubled island.

72.   The report by the Xinhua News Agency followed recent weeks of unofficial reports that he was critically ill.

73.   The sudden inundation followed several weeks of pronounced dryness in the region.

74.   The tomb was partially destroyed after Israeli soldiers withdrew following a week of fighting that left six Palestinians and one Israeli dead.

75.   The United States, NATO and European Union condemned the attack, which followed several weeks of calm and negotiations on ethnic Albanian demands for more rights.

76.   The unusually blunt statement followed a week of virtual silence from Russia regarding the NATO vote in the U.S. Congress.

77.   The verdict, reached Thursday and read Friday in Alameda County Superior Court, followed a week of deliberations and months of testimony in the case.

78.   Yes, the schedule gets harder, particularly for the Patriots following their week off.

79.   Indonesian authorities have ordered four foreign journalists to leave East Timor following a week of unrest in this troubled former Portuguese colony, an official said Monday.

80.   It followed a week of escalating tension over Turkish policy that spilled into Western Europe, with arson attacks against Turkish targets in Germany and protests in France.