71.   Other genocide trials have come under strong criticism because defendants have not received legal assistance.

72.   Pakistan drew strong criticism from Washington for its close links with the Taliban and for the military takeover of its elected government by current President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

73.   A holiday camp outside Lisbon is teaching children campers how to drive cars, prompting strong criticism from a road safety group, news reports said Saturday.

74.   A former Russian commander in Chechnya also had unusually strong criticism for the military Monday.

75.   A plan to replace religious instruction with a mandatory ethics class drew strong criticism from opponents during a debate in state parliament on Wednesday.

76.   Acting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, appointed by Yeltsin on Monday, faced strong criticism from the upper house of parliament.

77.   After strong public criticism the government said nobody would be expelled in the nearest future, leading the refugees to leave the church.

78.   An international conference on homosexuality opened Thursday amid strong criticism from the Orthodox Church of Romania, where the topic is still taboo.

79.   And the Rwandan Justice Ministry has leveled strong criticism against the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

80.   Arafat also faced unusually strong criticism in parts of the Arab press.