11.   A district attorney was negotiating with the prisoners in an effort to gain release of the warden and guards and to end the riot.

12.   Amezcua was the only one of the suspects who did not gain immediate release after acquittal, since he is still being held on charges of trafficking methamphetamine.

13.   Annan has been using his influence in the region to try to end the fighting and gain the release of three Israeli soldiers held by Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas.

14.   Asian American activists had worked around the clock to gain their release.

15.   Belichick held the job for just one day, then sued to gain his release from the Jets.

16.   Bid to gain release of seamen, vessel begins, NEW STRAITS TIMES-

17.   Both are still being held despite U.N. efforts to gain their release.

18.   Both Ali Mahdi and elders from his clan reportedly were trying to gain the release of the captives.

19.   Both his supporters and foes agree that, legally, there is nothing that prevents a trial here, not even the reasons that gained his release in Britain.

20.   Earlier, negotiators warned that the talks, which gained the release of a ninth hostage during the day Tuesday, could go on for days.