11.   Al-Faran had threatened to kill the hostages on several previous occasions if the Indian authorities failed to release the imprisoned Moslem militants.

12.   The Indian government has ruled out releasing any imprisoned militants in exchange for the hostages and called on the kidnappers to unconditionally free the four men.

13.   The Indian government on Monday ruled out releasing imprisoned Moslem militants to win the freedom of five Western tourists kidnapped by Moslem separatist guerrillas in Kashmir.

14.   The Indian government on Monday ruled out releasing imprisoned Moslem militants to win the freedom of the five tourists.

15.   The Indian government has ruled out exchanging any imprisoned militants for the hostages.

16.   The Indian authorities have ruled out freeing any imprisoned militants.

17.   The minister added that Madani passed on orders from imprisoned suspected militants to their followers outside.