71.   Defying Palestinian and international condemnation of his settlement policies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Jewish towns on the West Bank Tuesday and vowed to ensure their growth.

72.   Deputy Oil Minister Mohammed Mir Moezi, visiting the town, tried to reassure residents and voiced confidence that the housing ministry would find a solution.

73.   Earlier, Palestinian officials had said Arafat would visit the town Friday.

74.   They are to visit several towns in Chechnya as well as prison camps before returning to Moscow Saturday.

75.   Journalists visiting the town found that the combatants, who are mainly teenagers, have been housed in five vandalized school buildings with no windows and doors.

76.   Janowski said UNHCR staff in the region were confined to their office in Banja Luka and denied permission to visit the towns where the expulsions were taking place.

77.   Olaf Moll, a local town official, said Sammy had proved more popular than former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev when he visited the town two years ago.

78.   Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, are to visit the town on Monday.

79.   Steiner said he would visit the town on Sunday to see how the elections were going.

80.   The cardboard Betancourt has led marches, visited towns across Colombia and even participated alongside the other candidates in debates.