71.   The UN Security Council had protested against the blockading by Croatian troops, including laying mines outside observation posts, of Czech soldiers at two checkpoints in the south.

72.   US officials said the mines had been laid by Cuban forces to stop Cubans trying to enter the camp.

73.   They were held on charges ranging from laying mines to distributing leaflets, the statement said.

74.   UN reports say the mines were laid by special police, a crack unit of paramilitary troops under the direct command of Kijac.

75.   It also noted the difficulty of keeping minefield maps up to date and controlling where mines were laid.

76.   Mines were laid late Thursday outside an UNPROFOR position, between the Bosnian army-held district of Butmir and airport runways, said Labarsouque.

77.   Officials in Croatia admit to having little idea of how many mines were laid in Croatia but say it could run into the hundreds of thousands.

78.   On Sudan, he denied charges from Khartoum that Egypt had massed armoured vehicles and laid mines on the road to the disputed border zone of Halaib.

79.   On Wednesday, Bosnian Serb police laid mines in tha path of UN buses carrying Moslem refugees trying to return to Gajevi.

80.   Police said the guerrillas were planting mines, but aid workers reported seeing government troops also laying mines.