71.   But while the foreign ministry statement mentioned new, warmer relations between the two countries, it firmly held its ground on missile defense.

72.   Doctors advised the prime minister to remain hospitalized a few days more to rest and undergo further tests, the ministry statement said.

73.   Fahd Faraj al-Umrani was found guilty of smuggling hashish into the kingdom and executed in the northern city of Tabuk, a ministry statement said.

74.   Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka on Thursday spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and requested a swift handover, according to a ministry statement.

75.   Foreign Ministry officials from the two countries met Wednesday in Manila and agreed on the names of three experts, the ministry statement said.

76.   Germany has asked Japan to represent its interests and that of its citizens in Yugoslavia, a ministry statement said.

77.   He plans to discuss ways to boost economic and trade relations between Singapore and the emerging markets of southern Africa, a foreign ministry statement said.

78.   He will be interrogated after treatment, and an investigation conducted, the ministry statement said.

79.   Helicopters fired rockets and machine guns Thursday at the rebel camp on the northwestern coast, a ministry statement said.

80.   He was beheaded in the capital, Riyadh, a ministry statement said.