61.  A junior minister in the new coalition government of the Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda resigned late Tuesday from the cabinet, an official spokesman said.

62.  A northern Yemeni official spokesman later denied the report.

63.  A polling station in Montenegro was temporarily closed on Sunday so one of the electoral commission members could be replaced, an official spokesman here said.

64.  Afghan government troops have advanced to the outskirts of the eastern provincial capital Jalalabad to secure the city against Taliban capture, an official spokesman said Wednesday.

65.  Afghanistan wants a trial of former communist president Najibullah who was overthrown by mujahedeen forces here more than two years ago, an official spokesman said here Sunday.

66.  Again the official spokesman denied the report.

67.  An Ariana Afghan Airlines jet airliner carrying commercial cargo but no passengers has been hijacked by the militant Taliban Islamic movement, an official spokesman said here Thursday.

68.  An IFOR official spokesman in Tuzla confirmed there had been an incident but was not able to provide details.

69.  An official Bahraini spokesman said Sunday that the situation in the archipelago was completely stable but conceded that there were a few individual attempts at destabilization.

70.  An official spokesman for the chief minister confirmed the content of the report to AFP.