21.   The deal envisages that the rebels hand their arms to over to NATO troops in three separate batches.

22.   The rebels have handed over tons of weapons, but also left hundreds of land mines planted there.

23.   The report said local rebels handed in weapons, including four armored vehicles.

24.   The peace deal envisions a step-by-step process in which rebels hand over weapons to NATO in exchange for political reforms.

25.   The parliament debate is part of a step-by-step process meant to culminate in more rights for ethnic Albanians once the rebels hand in their weapons to NATO.

26.   The rebels also handed over four Sinhalese civilians they were detaining to the Red Cross in the Wanni jungles, a military official said on condition of anonymity.

27.   The rebels handed over lawmaker Juan Manuel Corzo to the Red Cross in mountains near the northeastern town of San Pablo.

28.   Thirty rebels have already handed over their rifles at a U.N.-protected encampment.

29.   Under the terms of peace accords signed in December, the rebels will hand over weapons, dissolve their military command structures and return to civilian life.

30.   The rebels handed over two Russian soldiers Thursday, a Russian command spokesman told Interfax.