61.   Environment Minister Yossi Sarid said the prisoners would be freed by the end of December.

62.   Five prisoners were freed Sunday.

63.   France and China signed multi-billion-dollar trade deals Wednesday despite angry protests by human rights groups pressing Beijing to free political prisoners and halt executions.

64.   France and China finalized multi-billion-dollar trade deals Wednesday despite angry protests by human rights groups pressing Beijing to free political prisoners and halt executions.

65.   Fujimori had offered the band safe passage to exile in Cuba, but refused to free rebel prisoners.

66.   Freed prisoner willing to give peace a chance.

67.   Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has freed political prisoners, met with foreign envoys and scheduled elections.

68.   Hamas demanded that Arafat free the prisoners rounded up in the latest sweep.

69.   Haider claimed he was on a humanitarian mission aimed at freeing Kuwaiti prisoners held in Iraqi prisons.

70.   Haider claimed then he was on a humanitarian mission aimed at freeing Kuwaiti prisoners held in Iraqi prisons.