61.  Prachum said chemicals from insecticides and fertilizers produced in southern Chinese industrial areas were also found in fish caught in the Mekong.

62.  Premier Vo Van Kiet has allocated federal funds for flood relief in northern and central Vietnam, while rising waters continued Wednesday to threaten the southern Mekong Delta area.

63.  Police said that in General Santos, striking drivers blockaded a major bridge connecting the city to other southern areas for several hours before dispersing peacefully.

64.  Russia sees Afghanistan as a source of drugs, guns and Islamic fundamentalism threatening its southern areas.

65.  So far, searchers have concentrated mostly in the southern area.

66.  Soldiers had also captured Gurunagar, the southern residential area of the city, said Dunuwille.

67.  State radio says the officials were touring a southern military area early this morning when the plane crashed on takeoff.

68.  Sudanese rebels on Thursday accused the government of dropping bombs on civilians in southern areas under their control.

69.  That was why rains continuously fell in the northern parts of Indonesia, but only sporadically in southern areas, he said.

70.  The agency is an umbrella for all U.N. agencies working in southern Sudan areas controlled by both the rebels and the government.