41.   The accused were freed without conditions.

42.   The other five suspects, among them paroled Irish Republican Army convicts, have already been freed without charge.

43.   The officials, speaking on customary anonymity, said all those who were arrested were freed without charges.

44.   The six were freed without shots being fired, he said.

45.   Until now, all the suspects have been freed without charge.

46.   He said the policemen beat him with gun butts before freeing him without charges.

47.   In the previous hostage takings, the prisoners were freed without bloodshed.

48.   A Russian official said the prisoners were well-treated, and nine out of ten were freed without being tried.

49.   But Cohen said the longer Fong remained in prison, the harder it would be for Beijing to free him without a conviction.

50.   Cesar Datuwata, a petrol and agricultural chemicals dealer, was freed without ransom Sunday near Taviran town, near Cotabato, NBI regional director Silvino Zinches told reporters.