71.   AFP yesterday quoted South African officials as saying that Mandela would renew his appeal for the release of Xanana during his meeting with Soeharto.

72.   After the Taliban are eliminated, there will be no need for international peacekeepers, a northern alliance official was quoted as saying Wednesday on an Arabic television channel.

73.   After hours spent trying to sort them out, only about one-twentieth of the bills were recoverable, the official was quoted as saying.

74.   AIP quoted Taliban officials as saying the Frenchman would be charged with espionage.

75.   Although the boxes were not in secure file cabinets, the Post quoted U.N. officials as saying the compound itself was under the continuous military guard of U.N. troops.

76.   An eighth policeman in the jeep was seriously injured and taken to a nearby hospital, the news agency said quoting unnamed officials.

77.   An eight-year-old girl was among those killed, Press Trust said, quoting police officials in Karnataka state.

78.   Although the government offered asylum, daily paper A Capital quoted officials as saying the Timorese would not need asylum, as they were alreasy considered Portuguese citizens.

79.   American slugger Kevin Mitchell will return to Japan next week after a controversial two-month hiatus, a report said Friday, quoting team officials.

80.   An unidentified provincial official was quoted as saying rescue teams had been dispatched to the stricken region to rescue tribesmen from the cold.