11.   Israel wants the man, Antoine Lahd, freed as a precondition for withdrawing from a south Lebanon border strip.

12.   It was not immediately clear whether he was freed as part of the peace agreement.

13.   Last of detained dissidents freed as Clinton heads for Hong Kong.

14.   Nonetheless, the POWs were freed as promised early Sunday.

15.   One of three Kashmiri militants freed as part of a deal to end the Indian Airlines hijacking called on his followers Wednesday to destroy India and the United States.

16.   The first hostage was freed as a goodwill gesture on Sunday.

17.   The first hostage had been freed as a goodwill gesture on Sunday.

18.   The POWs were freed as promised early Sunday.

19.   Twenty-nine Palestinian women prisoners were holed up in two jail cells Friday, refusing to be released by Israel unless they were freed as a group.

20.   Venezuela re-arrested Ballestas last week after an embarrassing media frenzy and allegations that he was freed as a favor to the guerrillas.