11.   Six armed men traded gunfire with guards in a hospital and freed an inmate wanted in the United States, Jamaican police said Tuesday.

12.   South Korea regularly frees inmates to celebrate major national holidays.

13.   The inmate was freed later in the day.

14.   The Kabul prison where men were detained for violating religious mandates freed its inmates two weeks ago amid heavy U.S. bombardment of the capital.

15.   The truck was escorting another truck carrying prisoners, though the attackers were unable to open the doors and free the inmates before fleeing.

16.   There was no word on when the remaining inmates would be freed, but releases were expected to be gradual.

17.   They later abducted a number of students from a secondary school and then freed inmates of a Ugandan prison.

18.   Six people were killed after assailants believed to be Hutu extremists attacked a prison in southwestern Rwanda to free its inmates, Radio Rwanda reported Tuesday.