51.   In another report, the military said Moslem rebels on Friday freed four farmers they had abducted Tuesday in the town of Tungawan, Zamboanga del Norte province.

52.   Armed Tajik rebels have freed an ailing Austrian working with the United Nations, the defense ministry announced Tuesday.

53.   Bosnian Serb rebels have freed two Swiss and one German relief worker held for one month near Sarajevo, the Swiss foreign affairs department said in a statement Sunday.

54.   The rebels also freed some of the villagers, he said.

55.   The rebels freed the German ambassador Wednesday, along with his counterparts from Greece, Canada and two other diplomats.

56.   The rebels had earlier freed two other journalists kidnapped along with Shah and Manzir in separate raids on two Srinagar newspaper offices Thursday.

57.   Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement rebels have freed ill hostages at least twice.

58.   Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement rebels have freed ill hostages at least twice before.

59.   On Tuesday, the rebels freed Honduran Ambassador Jose Martel and Argentine Consul Juan Ibanez in time to celebrate the new year.

60.   Tajik rebels Monday freed their last hostages, five United Nations workers, ending a crisis which gripped this Central Asian ex-Soviet republic for two weeks.