31.   After the rebels released the women and elderly, the hostages organized themselves.

32.   Amid clashes with troops, leftist rebels on Wednesday released twelve of the hostages they seized last weekend along a highway in Colombia.

33.   Also Thursday, the rebels briefly released one of their hostages, former Foreign Minister Ului Kauvadra, for a medical checkup.

34.   Another Indonesian officer said the rebels have released an Indonesian mother and her child who had been held hostage.

35.   Another demand of the kidnappers was met Saturday when rebels released former junta leader Johnny Paul Koroma, a U.N. official said on condition of anonymity.

36.   As negotiators flew back to Colombo from the northern town of Jaffna, rebels released four policemen they had held captive for four years.

37.   At Pervomayskaya, the rebels released only the eight Dagestani officials who had accompanied them to guarantee safe passage, news reports said.

38.   At Pervomayskaya, the rebels released eight Dagestani officials who had accompanied them to guarantee safe passage, news reports said.

39.   Bituin Gonzalez, a child-protection adviser for the U.N. mission, appealed to the rebels to release the many girls still in their custody.

40.   Burns said rebel Serbs should release Muslims they are holding as well.