11.   The Tupac Amaru rebels were demanding the release of several hundred colleagues from Peruvian jails.

12.   The Tupac Amaru rebels have demanded that both Peru and Bolivia release their jailed comrades, a concession that both countries have rejected.

13.   Then relations were suspended altogether after the rebels demanded that Pastrana take steps to curb right-wing paramilitary groups that the government said were beyond its control.

14.   They are voting amid an uprising in southern Mexico, where Maya Indian rebels are demanding national democracy.

15.   Those talks stalled earlier this month when rebels demanded the government put an end to right wing paramilitary groups.

16.   Plans for a second meeting collapsed Sunday when the rebels demanded that Palermo bring a proposal to free the jailed rebels.

17.   President Vicente Fox, who toured Chiapas Wednesday, has now shuttered four of the seven Chiapas bases whose closure the rebels have demanded.

18.   Plans to hold another meeting last weekend collapsed when the rebels demanded that Palermo bring a plan to free guerrilla prisoners.

19.   Plans to meet on Sunday collapsed when the rebels demanded that Palermo bring a plan to free guerrilla prisoners.

20.   Rebels are demanding better living conditions and profound national reforms.