71.   A former Iraqi diplomat in Europe has defected to Britain and joined an exiled opposition group trying to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the group said Tuesday.

72.   A bomb exploded at the house of a senior official for the main anti-government group in northern Iraq Wednesday, injuring two people, the group said.

73.   A Chinese court on Tuesday mysteriously postponed the trial of two labor activists for the second day running, a human rights group said.

74.   A court sentenced a government opponent to two years in prison following conviction for publishing false statements about the police, a human rights group said Thursday.

75.   A separatist group calling itself the Eastern Turkestan Freedom Organization claimed responsibility for the latest bomb attack in Beijing, a Turkestan group here said Monday.

76.   A Turkish-backed Iraqi Kurdish group has forced its rival to retreat from three areas it captured in recent fighting, the group said Monday.

77.   A Tunisian activist was barred from attending a human rights conference in Egypt for the second time in two years, an advocacy group said Wednesday.

78.   Ali Akbar Velayati said a group of Islamic countries now meeting in Pakistan, will further coordinate assistance to Bosnia.

79.   Although China took part in drafting a U.N. statement on the anniversary, in practice it still represses those who fight for human rights, the group said.

80.   Al-Nachas was released from prison in February after serving for a year for delivering political sermons in mosques, the group said.