71.   The author of a play glorifying the assassin of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi has sought police protection to resume the play disrupted last month by violent protests.

72.   Suu Kyi, daughter of a revered Burmese independence leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is widely popular in Burma.

73.   The demonstrators, who reduced traffic to one lane, were angered by the detention of Tahitian independence leader Oscar Temaru.

74.   The body of President Cheddi Jagan was flown from the United States to Guyana Friday, where thousands of people paid tribute to the late independence leader.

75.   The demonstrators were angered by the detention of Tahitian independence leader Oscar Temaru.

76.   The FBI director released decades-old surveillance files on suspected Puerto Rican independence leaders to a New York congressman on Wednesday.

77.   The great-grandson of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi filed his nomination papers Monday for parliamentary elections scheduled later this month.

78.   The government has banned an East Timor independence leader, Jose Ramos-Horta, from Thailand during the summit for fear he may hurt relations with Indonesia.

79.   The independence leader said he also would appeal this decision and he hoped the court would decide before the balloting.

80.   The Indonesian government on Tuesday reduced the jail term for East Timor independence leader Jose Alexandre Gusmao by five months, a prison official said.