21.   With capture of their leader, it was unclear whether the rebels would lay down their arms or intensify their fighting.

22.   He did not, however, reiterate his previous calls for the rebels to lay down their arms and unconditionally release the remaining hostages.

23.   Helicopters dropped pamphlets calling on the rebels to lay down their weapons and leave the area around the occupied interior ministry building by midday, Interfax said.

24.   However, he did not reiterate his previous calls for the rebels to lay down their arms and unconditionally release the remaining hostages.

25.   In exchange, Dos Santos wants the rebels to lay down their arms and demilitarize.

26.   The retreating rebels had laid a complex maze of explosives to slow down the army advance into Jaffna town.