71.   A US human rights group welcomed Tuesday government efforts to alleviate inhuman conditions and serious overcrowding at a delapidated colonial-era prison in the Cambodian capital.

72.   And at least one group of ecologists welcomes the platforms to view the sea lions, which are not considered an endangered species in Argentina.

73.   Civil liberties groups welcomed the move to adopt the human rights convention, which is already in force in all EU countries but Britain and Ireland.

74.   Ethnic Hungarian groups welcomed Wednesday new legislation granting special rights to Hungarian minorities in neighbouring states, one week after the law took effect.

75.   Local human rights groups Wednesday welcomed a move by the Taiwanese government to abolish a law which demands the death penalty for some violent crimes.

76.   Meanwhile civil liberties groups welcomed the move to adopt the human rights convention, already in force in all other European Union countries except Britain and Ireland.

77.   Passenger groups meanwhile welcomed the plans, but warned that the government faced an uphill struggle after years of under-investment in the railways.

78.   Palestinian human-rights groups welcomed the High Court ruling.

79.   Relief groups welcomed the simplified procedures for helping North Korea, where US intelligence reports say acute food shortages have resulted in several incidents of cannibalism.

80.   Several frontline Naga tribal groups have welcomed the ceasefire extension.