71.   Ong predicted that the party would go on despite the recession.

72.   Parliament was disrupted but soldiers let the protest go on despite a government ban on rallies.

73.   Reid ordered the inquiry in July after reports alleged that the vaccination program to protect servicemen against biological and chemical weapons went ahead despite the Health Ministry warnings.

74.   President Hugo Chavez said Friday his plans for a new constitution will go forward despite a Supreme Court decision annulling his decree convoking a national referendum on the issue.

75.   Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka wants copper mining in Fiji to go ahead despite a government statement this week that it wants tax measures settled first.

76.   Privatization plans for the semi-state telephone company are going ahead despite protests that the government may lose millions on the deal, the planning minister said Thursday.

77.   Shortly after dawn, helicopter gunships went up despite the bad weather and rocketed the village again Tuesday to wipe out remaining pockets of rebels.

78.   Russian officials insisted that the elections would go on despite the attack.

79.   South Africa was unlucky to go through despite its best showing ever, and Tunisia never got a challenge going.

80.   Talks with the last major Muslim rebel faction are going smoothly despite occasional clashes between government troops and guerrillas in the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.