71.   Chinese leaders branded the student-led protests an anti-government rebellion to justify the military assault on the unarmed demonstrations.

72.   Congolese security officials arrested and then released three Belgian diplomats, accusing them of keeping military assault weapons, Congolese officials and state television said Saturday.

73.   Dissidents have called on ordinary Chinese to wear plain clothing, light candles and perform other minor acts to commemorate the victims of the military assault.

74.   Despite renewed pleas from dissidents and relatives of people killed in the military assault on Tiananmen Square demonstrators, China on Tuesday ruled out any investigation into the crackdown.

75.   Dominguez said the remaining rebels fled the military assault, leaving behind dozens of assault rifles, machine-guns and some radio equipment.

76.   Dragging along their captives, the rebels invaded a hospital for a day and escaped with four new hostages despite a military assault that included helicopter gunships firing rockets.

77.   Families of people killed in the military assault planned private memorials at home, despite the presence of plainclothes security agents outside their doors.

78.   For action beyond Afghanistan, officials have been even more tightlipped than about this first military assault in the anti-terror campaign.

79.   Forty-two people whose family members died in the military assault on Tiananmen Square democracy demonstrators have called on the Chinese government to fully account for the crackdown.

80.   He believes the chances of a massive U.S. military assault on Afghanistan have receded.