21.   Leftist rebels on Saturday freed the last of four Americans kidnapped while on a bird-watching expedition a month ago.

22.   Leftist rebels freed an American Sunday after holding him captive for more than five months.

23.   Leftist rebels have freed an American missionary more than two years after he was kidnapped while riding his motorcycle to work, his group said Tuesday.

24.   Minnig, in a very brief statement, said the Tupac Amaru rebels freed Rivas for medical reasons at the request of Cipriani and the Red Cross.

25.   Muslim rebels freed four Europeans on Saturday after holding them for more than four months in a southern Philippine jungle, negotiators said.

26.   Muslim rebels freed a government engineer from five days of captivity after relatives paid an undisclosed amount of money, relatives said Wednesday.

27.   On Tuesday, the rebels freed five other Rwandan nuns kidnapped along with the Spaniards, but continued to hold the two apparently to care for their wounded.

28.   On Friday, the rebels freed the first of the captives, police Inspector Roberto Bernal in eastern Bicol region, where he was seized in February.

29.   On Friday, the rebels freed the first of the captives, police Inspector Roberto Bernal, in eastern Bicol region, where he was seized in February.

30.   On Saturday, Chechen rebels freed eight Russian soldiers taken hostage last week during an attack on Russian troops in the rebel stronghold of Vedeno.