41.   They believe that the government places a priority on securing the release of hostages who are wealthy.

42.   Vlasov said Chechnya had been given until Monday to secure the release of the officer.

43.   Outside the courthouse, her brother, John Glancy, thanked those who helped secure her release.

44.   Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao instructed his home minister to increase efforts to secure the release of the other captives.

45.   A Lebanese human rights group is calling on French President Jacques Chirac to help secure the release of Lebanese prisoners in Syrian jails.

46.   A French diplomat is in the capital trying to secure their release and has visited the pair several times.

47.   A State Department official went to North Korea on Wednesday in the latest effort to secure the release of captive American pilot Bobby Hall.

48.   A State Department official travels to North Korea on Wednesday in the latest effort to secure the release of captive American pilot Bobby Hall.

49.   After peace talks with rebel leaders in Moscow, Russian President Boris Yeltsin promised to secure her release, the agency quoted Chechen sources as saying.

50.   An American organization secured her release a year later, and she emigrated to British-controlled Palestine and married a British colonel.