71.   A pilot who appears to be the first fatality among thousands of Serb mercenaries fighting in Zaire was buried in Belgrade, an independent newspaper reported Tuesday.

72.   A mechanical fault during the routine exercise sent the jet plummeting to earth over the weekend near the northern village of Shiroro, the independent Concord newspaper reported.

73.   A patient was critically wounded when the gunmen, from motorcycles, sprayed bullets into the clinic, the independent daily newspaper The News reported.

74.   A shortage of aviation fuel has grounded all domestic flights in Sudan, the independent newspaper Alwan reported Wednesday.

75.   A U.S. missionary was being held on murder charges Tuesday after shooting to death an intruder in the garden of his home, the independent Nation newspaper reported.

76.   A Sudanese military aircraft flew deep into Ugandan airspace last week, the fourth such incident in two years, an independent newspaper reported Friday.

77.   A Yemeni prosecutor urged a court Monday to close an independent newspaper and imprison two of its journalists on grounds of harming national unity.

78.   According to the independent Reporter weekly newspaper, the four officials replaced had been mentioned in connection with mismanagement and incompetence.

79.   According to an independent newspaper published Thursday, the government is planning to set up a defense cordon aimed at deterring rebel onslaughts on the coastal capital.

80.   According to the respected independent newspaper Le Monde, Chirac will address the nation Monday night, announcing the dissolution of the National Assembly.