71.   The United States has ordered the expulsion of an Iraqi diplomat to the United Nations over espionage allegations, a US official said Friday.

72.   The Zairean government Thursday ordered the expulsion of five journalists from Kinshasa, claiming they had misreported the crisis in the country.

73.   Ties with Libya, officially on an even keel, have been strained after Tripoli ordered the expulsion last November of thousands of Sudanese workers.

74.   Yemeni authorities have ordered the expulsion of hundreds of Algerian workers following the arrest last month of an Islamic militant implicated in armed attacks, security services said Thursday.

75.   Yemeni authorities have ordered the expulsion of hundreds of Algerians following the arrest last month of an Islamic militant implicated in armed attacks, security services said Thursday.

76.   Jordan ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomat Said Batni on Saturday for allegedly trying to incite an attack on Israeli tourists, a senior official said.

77.   Jordan ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomat Taher Taheri on Saturday for allegedly trying to incite an attack on Israeli tourists, a senior official said.

78.   Pakistan on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of Indian High Commission staffer Kulwant Singh on spying charges, a foreign ministry statement said.

79.   Sweden Friday ordered the expulsion a member of the Russian trade delegation in Stockholm whom it suspected of espionage, Justice Minister Laila Freivalds said.

80.   The British Foreign Office in London said Tehran had ordered the expulsion of First Secretary Hamish Cowell in a tit-for-tat reprisal.