11.   Meanwhile, Iraq announced it was freeing two Kuwaiti prisoners under a general amnesty for foreign Arabs in Iraqi jails.

12.   Meanwhile, Iraq announced it was freeing two Kuwaiti prisoners under a general amnesty for foreign Arab convicts in Iraqi jails.

13.   Opposition groups have charged that thousands of political detainees are in Iraqi jails.

14.   Several hundred other Jordanians are believed to be in Iraqi jails, some for offenses as minor as overstaying visas.

15.   The ICRC, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, has been negotiating to try to gain access to Iraqi jails in the search for missing Kuwaitis.

16.   The prisoners were freed under a pardon issued by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to all Arabs in Iraqi jails, irrespective of their crime.

17.   Freed American William Barloon returned to his three children in Kuwait Tuesday after spending four months in an Iraqi jail, an AFP correspondent reported.

18.   He called on them to pressure Iraq to honour resolutions calling for the release of Kuwaiti and other prisoners of war held in Iraqi jails since the conflict.

19.   He said countries receiving Kuwaiti financial assistance should unequivocally support issues important to Kuwait, especially the issue of Kuwaiti prisoners of war still held in Iraqi jails.

20.   He called on them to pressure Iraq to honor resolutions calling for the release of Kuwaiti and other prisoners of war held in Iraqi jails since the conflict.