61.  King Victor Emmanuel III and Premier Pietro Badoglio fled from Rome to Brindisi on the Adriatic coast, while German forces occupied northern and central Italy.

62.  Meanwhile, the first contingent of German forces landed in Skopje after German parliament approved Wednesday their participation in the mission.

63.  Moving into the zone hit by the earthquake is simply an emergency response, said Lt. Col. Thomas Loebbering, a spokesman for the German forces.

64.  Politician warns against deploying German forces for strikes without a clear U.N. mandate.

65.  Recent reports on wartime confiscations have raised pressure on European governments to account for Jewish property stolen by occupying German forces.

66.  Recent media reports and other research have put pressure on European governments to account for Jewish property stolen by occupying German forces during the war.

67.  Ruhe said the new German force would be armed, and will operate under a German general.

68.  Russians had been patrolling and manning checkpoints here in tandem with German forces until last week, when they went solo.

69.  Several hundred ethnic Albanian civilians were fleeing Tetovo in buses and cars, said Thomas Loebbering, spokesman for German forces in the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

70.  Soviet troops inch ahead in bitter fighting with German forces between Gdynia and Danzig.