71.   A controversial army unit, which served for decades as a political tool of past South Korean military rulers, will be disbanded this week.

72.   A jetliner carrying Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned to John F. Kennedy International Airport late Wednesday because of a bomb threat.

73.   A Burmese dissidents group urged the Swiss government Tuesday to stop supplying airplanes to the military rulers of Burma because of their human rights abuses.

74.   A kinder, seemingly more humane military ruler emerged in Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar.

75.   A former Nigerian military ruler, Yakubu Gowon, was engaged in talks with various groups in an effort to stop the fighting, state television reported.

76.   A new presidential decree gives Nigerian military ruler Gen. Sani Abacha the power to dissolve local elections, infuriating opponents who accuse him putting up further roadblocks to democracy.

77.   A visit to Burma by President Suharto of Indonesia will be more than just a political boost for the isolated Burmese military rulers.

78.   A package of amendments to the constitution drawn up by the former military rulers more than a decade ago cleared a parliamentary commission Thursday.

79.   A U.S. official appealed to ASEAN countries Wednesday for pressure to improve human rights in Burma and persuade its military rulers to crack down on drug trafficking.

80.   Abacha, though a hardline military ruler himself, has been welcomed as a hero in Sierra Leone.