51.   An attempt by religious missionaries to negotiate their release last month ended in failure.

52.   And left-leaning President Hugo Chavez of neighboring Venezuela confirmed that he sent envoys into the area to help negotiate hostage releases with the FARC.

53.   An Italian engineer has been released in Colombia after more than five months in captivity, according to a Rome-based Catholic organization involved in negotiating the release.

54.   Annan said the United Nations was also negotiating the release of three Israeli soldiers captured on the Lebanon border by the Shiite Muslim guerrillas of Hezbollah.

55.   An attempt to negotiate the release of the hostages failed, and police used force to release the hostages, shooting Baciu and slightly injuring Andrei.

56.   As leaders negotiate prisoner release, families on both sides express pain.

57.   As deputy secretary of state under Jimmy Carter, he helped negotiate the release of hostages from Iran.

58.   As president, Carter oversaw the re-establishment of diplomatic exchanges between the two countries and negotiated the release of thousands of political prisoners.

59.   As protests over the arrest mounted, Attorney General Antonio Lozano Gracia suggested the government might be willing to negotiate the release of Yanez.

60.   Britain has sent representatives to help negotiate the release of the hostages, who include five British soldiers.