91.   Hundreds of women were being held prisoner and often tortured in secret camps by Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka, a human rights group said Monday.

92.   In a speech Friday marking U.S. Independence Day, Carrington accused Nigerian leader Gen. Sani Abacha of holding political prisoners.

93.   Iran, too, says Iraq still holds Iranian prisoners, a claim Iraq denies.

94.   Iraq has claimed it no longer holds Iranian prisoners.

95.   Iraq has persistently denied holding any prisoners taken from Kuwait.

96.   Iraq denies it is still holding Kuwaiti prisoners.

97.   Instead, he warned against people forming political parties, denied holding political prisoners, and vowed crackdowns on black-marketeers and corrupt bank managers.

98.   It is holding other prisoners suspected of war crimes in the Sarajevo prison, he said.

99.   Iraq has claimed it no longer holds Iranian prisoners, but Iran insists that it does.

100.   It also says it holds no prisoners of conscience, only common criminals.