111.   ITAR-Tass Director General Vitaly Ignatenko appealed to Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov to help find the correspondent and secure his release.

112.   Jackson last month secured the release of three U.S. soldiers captured by Yugoslavia.

113.   Later, Kharrazi appealed to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to intervene to secure the release of the Iranian diplomats, IRNA said.

114.   Looking worn and tired, a Japanese executive held hostage nine days in Mexico made a brief appearance Tuesday to thank police and others involved in securing his release.

115.   Maxwell got the bad news in a copier room, and Cardwell was detained until Newark police arrived and secured his release, Kulat and Iverson said.

116.   Meanwhile, negotiations were continuing to secure the release of five border guards captured by Chechens last week in the neighboring republic of Dagestan.

117.   Milosevic, who is currying international favor in hopes of having tough economic sanctions lifted, was instrumental in securing the release of the U.N. hostages.

118.   Mohamed Rahmat-Allah, acting relief commissioner, appealed to the United Nations to secure the release of the hostages.

119.   Moscow has urged Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov to secure the release of seven kidnapped Russian journalists held in Chechnya.

120.   Negotiations have secured the release of some of the injured and sick civilians.