81.   Under Chinese government regulations, foreign government employees in Beijing must live in one of four diplomatic compounds, which have long waiting lists.

82.   Witnesses said buses dropped off thousands of demonstrators, armed with sticks and steel rods, outside the sprawling diplomatic compound in southern Kabul.

83.   Foreigners had lived scattered across the country until the attacks began last year, but have in recent months been gathered into diplomatic compounds or tightly guarded official residences.

84.   He flew to Lima on Thursday and held talks with President Alberto Fujimori and others on the crisis in which leftist guerrillas are holding hostages at the diplomatic compound.

85.   Ikeda flew to Lima on Thursday and held talks with President Alberto Fujimori and others on the crisis in which leftist guerrillas are holding hostages at the diplomatic compound.

86.   Ikeda faced strong criticism for leaving Peru while the hostage drama dragged on in the diplomatic compound.

87.   Ikeda flew to Lima Thursday for talks with President Alberto Fujimori and others on the crisis in which leftist guerrillas are holding hostages at the diplomatic compound.

88.   A top foreign ministry official has said Japan had relayed its concern to the Peruvian government over stricter security around the diplomatic compound.

89.   A top foreign ministry official later said the Japanese government had relayed its concern to the Peruvian government over the tightening of the guard around the diplomatic compound.

90.   A top foreign ministry official has said the Japanese government had relayed its concern to the Peruvian government over the tightening of the guard around the diplomatic compound.