31.   Belgrade news organizations said the ethnic Albanian rebels were demanding the release of Kosovo Albanian prisoners in Serbia since the Kosovo conflict.

32.   Belgrade news organizations, quoting unnamed police sources, said the ethnic Albanian rebels were demanding the release of Kosovo Albanian prisoners in Serbia since the Kosovo conflict.

33.   Burgot did not say if the rebels were demanding a ransom for their release.

34.   But diplomats say little has been agreed to and the difficult questions, particularly rebel demands to share power, have not been addressed.

35.   But the military said the rebels are demanding the release of Amado Payot, a rebel commander who was captured in the Davao area last year.

36.   But the rebels demand a separate homeland, accusing the Sinhalese majority of systematic oppression of the Tamils.

37.   But the chances were slim because the rebels are demanding direct talks with Kabila.

38.   Congolese rebels on Thursday demanded independent investigations into a violent uprising in northeastern Congo but rejected U.N. participation in the probe.

39.   Communist rebels are demanding that candidates in May national elections pay fees before they can campaign in rebel strongholds, leftist and police sources said Tuesday.

40.   Ethnic Albanian rebels are demanding that lawmakers pass an amnesty law before giving up the villages still under their control.