41.   In Sarajevo Monday, Bosnian Serb and government forces exchanged three prisoners for each side.

42.   In Vienna, the Austrian defence ministry said the hostage takers were ready to exchange their prisoners for food and fuel.

43.   It is also due to set up a mechanism to exchange prisoners.

44.   A peace accord for Chechnya appeared further away Monday after the Chechen negotiators accused their Russian counterparts of stalling over a deal to exchange prisoners and demilitarise the republic.

45.   Also Sunday, the Bosnian government and Bosnian Serb army exchanged prisoners at the Sarajevo airport.

46.   Both sides agreed to exchange prisoners within seven days and were to hand over later Sunday lists of prisoners they held, Idigov said.

47.   Both sides agreed to exchange prisoners within seven days, Idigov said.

48.   Borovoi is part of a parliamentary mission seeking to exchange prisoners between Russians and Chechen forces.

49.   The two sides on Wednesday agreed in principle to exchange prisoners later this month in a first accord reached during rocky negotiations.

50.   The two sides also agreed to set up a corridor in Grozny, the Chechen capital, to evacuate the dead and wounded and to exchange prisoners.