61.   Guei, who has kept a low profile in his home village in western Ivory Coast, could not immediately be reached for comment following the releases.

62.   He insists he is just using his own money to spruce up his home village and the nearby town of Daoukro so they are more presentable to visiting dignitaries.

63.   He later married a woman from his home village.

64.   He said the repatriation of thousands of Bougainvilleans living in military-controlled care centers back to their home villages would help the reconciliation process.

65.   He spent the day in the home village of the chairman of the rebel-backed Bougainville Interim Government, Joseph Kabui, local television reported.

66.   He said they would return to their home villages.

67.   He was released Thursday and transported to the Lebanese border where he took a taxi to his home village.

68.   He will be buried Friday in his home village near the port city of Tartous.

69.   His brother, Ismail, said Laum was shot in their home village, Ramun, eight days earlier.

70.   Head of the British Commonwealth observer group, Boren Wells, said this may signal people were returning to their home villages to vote rather than in the capital.