41.   A pro-independence leader said his followers only will surrender weapons to U.N. officials and only after Indonesian troops withdraw from rural regions that have suffered the most violence.

42.   A statement released by the IRA on Wednesday said it would not surrender any weapons until a peace settlement was concluded.

43.   Abdullah Bugayev, deputy prime minister in the Moscow-backed government, said Shali elders have persuaded the rebels to accept Russian demands to surrender their weapons.

44.   Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai said the Taliban had reneged on a deal to surrender their weapons and instead fled the city with their arms.

45.   Aidid, who controls parts of southern Mogadishu, offered cash rewards to those who surrender their weapons voluntarily.

46.   Also Tuesday, a Protestant paramilitary group, the Loyalist Volunteer Force, offered to surrender weapons if its prisoners are given early release.

47.   An airport spokesman said the two men surrendered their weapons and left the Air Malta airplane nearly three hours after it landed in Cologne.

48.   An airport spokesman said the two men surrendered their weapons and left the plane nearly three hours after it landed in Cologne.

49.   Another Bosnian Serb surrendered his weapon and was handed over to Bosnian Serb authorities.

50.   Annan said that in the new phase the main role of U.N. troops would be to establish temporary reception centers where combatants could surrender their weapons.