91.   Ahead of a summit last July between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, both countries released hundreds of fishermen from their respective jails.

92.   Britain meanwhile released hundreds of republican prisioners, but there was no political progress, and the ceasefire began to fall apart after roughly two months.

93.   Chechen guerrillas in the southern Russian town of Budennovsk released hundreds of hostages Monday and began getting ready to return to Chechnya, Interfax news agency said.

94.   The strike ended quickly after the government promised to release hundreds of millions of dollars in back pay, but it rattled the government.

95.   The ruling has forced the Hong Kong Government to release hundreds of asylum-seekers from camps here, mainly ethnic Chinese, considered non-nationals by Vietnam.

96.   With the focus now on India, Pakistan discreetly announced last week that it would be releasing hundreds of people detained in a crackdown on religious extremism.

97.   Israel also started releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday, under the West Bank deal which signals the second phase of interim autonomy ahead of an overall settlement.

98.   Israel will release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners when an accord to spread autonomy across the West Bank is reached, state radio reported Thursday.

99.   Police Minister Moshe Shahal said Thursday that Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners when an accord is sealed.

100.   Syria has released hundreds of political prisoners under an amnesty decreed by President Hafez al-Assad earlier this month, the human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.