21.   Kozyrev and Hurd welcomed the release late Tuesday of a second batch of U.N. peacekeepers taken hostages, and warned Bosnian Serbs to free those still held.

22.   Mugende, however, welcomed the release of three human rights activists by the Nigerian government, according to ZIANA.

23.   Reached by telephone in Beijing on Monday, Bao said he welcomed the release of the document although he does not know who did it.

24.   Sinn Fein welcomed the releases and said the British government should follow suit.

25.   South Korea welcomed the release, although Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Kyong-woong said it was unrelated to resuming rice shipments.

26.   South Korea welcomed the release.

27.   Spanish officials welcomed the release as a first step towards ending the dispute over turbot catches.

28.   Spanish officials welcomed the release.

29.   The committee said, however, it welcomed the release of three other prominent detainees, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Femi Falana and Fremi Aborisade.

30.   The German Foreign Ministry on Monday welcomed the release of the mayors.