71.   Top US officials lavished praise on Uzbekistan Tuesday for supporting the military campaign in Afghanistan while offering only muted criticism of a controversial poll held here at the weekend.

72.   US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on Tuesday lavished praise on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and called for New Delhi to open dialogue with Islamabad over Kashmir.

73.   The official Xinhua news agency indicated that Castro had marvelled at the enterprises he toured in Shenzhen, lavishing praise on their scale and the quality of their products.