51.   A mining executive who swapped places with an abducted employee returned to Canada on Tuesday after three months as a hostage of leftist rebels in Colombia.

52.   A Nicaraguan court on Tuesday suspended a deportation order against an American nurse accused of treating leftist rebels while a higher court rules on her appeal.

53.   A former mayor has been arrested on suspicion of leading leftist rebels in guerrilla attacks in Mexico two years ago, police said Thursday.

54.   A handful of leftist rebel groups have been kidnapping foreigners, usually in rural areas, and holding them for ransom.

55.   A large and vicious paramilitary gang, it has killed union leaders, leftist rebels and peasants suspected of supporting the leftists.

56.   A relative of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was kidnapped by leftist rebels fighting for landless workers in a southern Indian state, news agencies reported Thursday.

57.   A tough law-and-order governor escapes an assassination attempt by leftist rebels while visiting a rural town.

58.   A U.S.-made Colombian warplane crashed Saturday amid heavy fighting between leftist rebels and government forces, killing seven airmen, the military said.

59.   A national Indian organization called on Sunday for the release of two Swedish engineers kidnapped by leftist rebels last week.

60.   A top government official said Tuesday that the government has negotiated to convince leftist Colombian rebels to stay off Venezuelan soil.