101.   A suspect awaiting a U.N. war crimes trial claims his arrest was illegal and has demanded immediate release from custody, according to a motion released Tuesday.

102.   A Shiite Muslim detained under a security law for spreading his brand of Islam began a hunger strike Wednesday demanding immediate release.

103.   According to Yemeni officials, the kidnappers demanded the release of two Islamic Jihad leaders and said they were retaliating for recent U.S. and British airstrikes on Iraq.

104.   Al-Faran, which was unknown before the kidnappings, has demanded the release of their comrades jailed in India in exchange for the hostages.

105.   After peacefully picketing the Eersterust civic center, the group marched on the police station to demand the release of two men arrested early Friday.

106.   After the funeral ceremony, a group of youngsters marched to the police station, demanding the release of the university chancellor, Fadil Sulejmani.

107.   Also Saturday, Israeli police broke up a march by dozens of Palestinians in east Jerusalem who demanded the release of relatives from Israeli jails.

108.   Al-Faran had demanded the release of imprisoned Kashmiri separatist militants in exchange for the tourists.

109.   An independent journalists union on Monday demanded the release of three members arrested for publishing an unlicensed newsletter.

110.   Amnesty International and other human rights groups had demanded his release.