61.  It will do little to stop drug flow while forcing desperate small-scale growers to move farther into the jungles while turning to armed groups for help.

62.  It is the largest rebel group and one of three armed groups in Colombia listed by the U.S. government as terrorist organizations.

63.  Kandahar was reported to be tense, with the rival armed groups that replaced the Taliban jockeying for control of key parts of the city and occasionally exchanging gunfire.

64.  Last summer several Ku Klux Klan and armed black militant groups demonstrated around the Jasper courthouse.

65.  Last month, President Clinton imposed financial and commercial sanctions against the Taliban, the armed religious group that rules most of Afghanistan.

66.  Later in the day an armed group of Freemen stopped an NBC News crew and took its camera equipment.

67.  Lebanese prosecutors Tuesday charged two Syrians and six Palestinians arrested last week with forming illegal armed groups and attempting to fire rockets.

68.  Local officials have consistently denied the existence of armed groups in their states, but in Mexico only statements from the president or his cabinet carry any weight.

69.  Massoud said Western countries had underestimated the strength of the Kabul forces, which survived for two years despite repeated attempts by other armed groups to dislodge them.

70.  Mostly, rival armed groups either handed over their weapons, or joined the Taliban.