71.  A Communist leader in Ukraine on Tuesday protested the detention of two fellow Communist municipal officials, calling the step a political provocation.

72.  A municipal official has been killed by a car bomb in southern Bulgaria, newspapers and police said Wednesday.

73.  A group of municipal officials from Okinawa appealed to government and U.S. Embassy officials Wednesday for lower American troop levels on their southern island.

74.  A number of municipal officials corroborated his testimony.

75.  A senior municipal official in southern China convicted of taking bribes has been sentenced to eight years in prison, a newspaper reported Monday.

76.  According to information provided by the company and Tokaimura municipal officials, nearly two hours elapsed between the accident and any notice to residents that something was wrong.

77.  Adam Bilski, a municipal official in Oswiecim, told the PAP state news agency on Wednesday the hut was constructed without proper permits, making it illegal.

78.  Akpere, the municipal official, said scavenging fuel is the only way for many villagers to make a living.

79.  Alarmed by reports that trucks are daily ferrying bicycle rickshaws from outlying towns into Jakarta, some municipal officials say Gov. Sutiyoso should stick to the ban on pedicabs.

80.  An unidentified killer shot a municipal official to death with a Kalashnikov in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, officials said Friday.