71.   Early returns gave former military ruler Didier Ratsiraka the lead Monday over ousted president Albert Zafy in a presidential runoff.

72.   Earlier Sunday, the former military ruler met with former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere and with members of the Nigerian community in Dar es Salaam.

73.   El-Wak was elected president of Grande Comoros Island, while Assoumane, a former military ruler, was elected national president.

74.   Even in jail, former military ruler Chun Doo-hwan continued money-laundering and stashed away millions of dollars in cash, prosecutors said Thursday.

75.   El-Bak was elected president of Grand Comoro, while Assoumane, a former military ruler, was elected national president.

76.   Former military ruler Maj. Pierre Buyoya was appointed president by the army and has promised to end the bloodshed.

77.   Forty people, including former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, were convicted in July of an alleged plot to overthrow the government.

78.   Flores Facusse defeated Nora Gunera de Melgar, former mayor of Tegucigalpa and widow of a former military ruler.

79.   Former military rulers released from jail.

80.   Former Nigerian ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo is believed to have received a life term.