71. Although the Swedish sterilizations were public policy, they are not mentioned in current schoolbooks and are given only glancing attention in reference works, the newspaper said. 72. An army crackdown on insurgents trying to topple the military-backed government has left nine Islamic militants dead in western Algeria, local newspapers said. 73. An Israeli journalist covering Kosovo was shot in the foot and lightly injured Tuesday, apparently by Albanian rebels, his newspaper said. 74. An underground gang has been caught using forged documents to ease the way for Vietnamese trying to leave their Communist homeland, a state-run newspaper said Wednesday. 75. Another large investor, food-maker Weichuan has protected its interests by establishing companies in other countries alongside its Hong Kong operations, the newspaper said. 76. And since the reprogrammed phone always picked a different number, the fraud was difficult to discover, the newspaper said. 77. Another ship capsized and sank near Chongqing on Tuesday, the newspaper said, adding that details were sketchy and the accident was still under investigation. 78. As many tubewells choked after the tidal surge, survivors are forced to drink polluted water, the newspapers said. 79. As finance minister, Xiang intends to reduce budget deficits and raise government revenues during his five-year tenure, the newspaper said. 80. As they finished, a police car pulled up with flashing lights, the newspaper said. |