71.   Despite the successful operation, no indication was given as to the chances of Kanu being able to play football again.

72.   The television said last week that Uday had undergone a successful operation on his left leg, which was wounded in an assassination bid.

73.   The two nine-month-old girls, Mahlatse and Nthabiseng Makwaeba, were strong and the chances of a successful operation were good, he added.

74.   King Hussein of Jordan has undergone a successful operation on his right ear at a clinic in Los Angeles in the United States, his doctor said Sunday.

75.   Pope John Paul II spent a quiet night at the Gemelli clinic after undergoing a successful operation to remove his appendix, medical sources said Wednesday.

76.   Pope John Paul II spent a quiet night at the Gemelli clinic after undergoing a successful operation the previous day to remove his appendix, medical sources said Wednesday.

77.   Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew checked out of a hospital here Friday after a successful operation to clear up a narrowed coronary artery, his spokeswoman said.

78.   Simon Culhane steps in as fly-half for Andrew Mehrtens, who underwent a successful operation in Johannesburg to repair a slight cartilage tear to his knee.

79.   Syrian President Hafez al-Assad has undergone a successful prostate operation, the official SANA newsagency reported on Tuesday.

80.   Syrian President Hafez al-Assad has undergone a successful prostate operation, the official SANA news agency reported on Tuesday.