71.   Scandinavians monitoring a truce between government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas in Sri Lanka have ordered an independent probe into the assault of two rebels, officials said Sunday.

72.   Scandinavians monitoring the truce have reported violations by both sides, but said it was not serious enough to jeopardise the peace process.

73.   Six peace committees headed by representatives sent by foreign governments have been set up to monitor the truce.

74.   Six peace committees headed by representatives from Norway, Netherlands and Canada have been set up to monitor the truce.

75.   Syrian, Israeli, Lebanese, American, and possibly French officials, would all take part in monitoring the truce, the unidentified officials told the US daily.

76.   The agreement left it up to the belligerents to negotiate ways to monitor the truce as well as finding a peaceful settlement to their conflict.

77.   The commission, comprising an equal number of government and opposition officials, is tasked with implementing and monitoring the truce.

78.   The international committee monitoring the truce in south Lebanon urged both Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas on Saturday to take better precautions to protect civilians.