71.   Wijdenbosch also faces mounting pressure from the Netherlands to send his closest adviser, former strongman Bouterse, to The Hague for questioning on drug-trafficking charges.

72.   Western governments pressed them to extradite the former strongman, using financial aid as a bargaining chip.

73.   While the case against Pinochet has progressed farther than most anticipated, the health of the former strongman may ultimately prove the key to its outcome.

74.   Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica on Wednesday pardoned six men convicted of plotting against former strongman Slobodan Milosevic.

75.   Former military strongman Alejandro Agustin Lanusse died Monday from a cerebral stroke, officials said.

76.   Former South Korean strongman Chun Doo-Hwan does not want to appeal his death sentence, his aide was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

77.   Former Haitian military strongman General Raoul Cedras arrived in Panamanian exile early Thursday looking tired and angered by the large crowd of reporters and photographers.

78.   Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-Hwan remained silent Thursday over whether he would appeal his death sentence.

79.   Furthermore, the accusations come just four days before the opening of the ICTY trial against former Yugoslav strongman, Slobodan Milosevic.

80.   He has even expressed admiration for former Chilean strongman General Augusto Pinochet who managed to build a successful economy at the expense of human rights.