61.   Fujimori said during his trip that the rebels had privately suggested they might drop their demand for prisoner releases.

62.   Gerry Adams and the frustrated ranks of his IRA-allied Sinn Fein party are on the march, demanding talks now and accelerated prisoner releases and troop withdrawals.

63.   He also acknowledged that because Peru had not softened its opposition to a prisoner release, the talks have moved slowly.

64.   He called for speedy action on issues including prisoner release and approval for a seaport in Gaza.

65.   He called for speedy action on issues including prisoner release and approval for a seaport in Gaza, and more troop withdrawals from the West Bank.

66.   He did not give a date for their release but Israel and the PLO have already agreed that the prisoner releases come before Palestinian elections.

67.   He met Friday with political leaders of the Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Croats and Muslim-Croat federation, but there were no reports of movement on prisoner releases.

68.   He said he expected further prisoner releases in the coming hours and days, but declined to give any details.

69.   Hisham Abdel Razek, the Palestinian Authority official in charge of negotiating prisoner releases, was more direct.

70.   Hopes for a full prisoner release had been bright early Saturday, following upbeat remarks from the former enemies that they were serious about making the Dayton accord work.