41.   The Vatican first announced the release Thursday.

42.   The surprise release was not announced by negotiators who spoke to reporters outside the residence several hours earlier.

43.   Vatican announces Cuban release of dissidents.

44.   William Walker, the U.S. head of international monitors in Kosovo announced the release after a final flurry of talks with Kosovo Liberation Army leaders.

45.   Hachani, whose imminent release was also announced Tuesday by lawyers close to the FIS, is in preventive detention at the Serkadji prison in Algiers.

46.   He was a mechanical construction engineer and his release was announced Tuesday during a private visit to Bonn by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati.

47.   His release was announced Tuesday during a private visit to Bonn by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, where he met Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

48.   His release was announced in a communique from the office of President Gnassingbe Eyadema.

49.   However, Barzani announced the release Thursday of all PUK prisoners held by the KDP after his talks with Deutsch and Welch.

50.   In Port-au-Prince, the US embassy announced the release by Haitian authoritiees of a Haitian engineer and educator, condemning his arrest as arbitrary.