61.   Three more MILF rebels surrendered on Monday.

62.   It ended when the rebels surrendered without a fight.

63.   Kumaratunga has offered to resume peace talks with the LTTE but has insisted that the rebels must first surrender their huge arsenal.

64.   Meanwhile Turkish troops handed out Turkish-language leaflets at three checkpoints along the road from Zakho to Batufa calling on PKK rebels to surrender.

65.   Mentese said the rebels should surrender to the authorities in order to benefit from legislation benefitting those who abandon the insurgency.

66.   One other rebel surrendered while three others were believed to have escaped.

67.   One rebel Kurd surrendered and three government troops were injured in the operation, he added.

68.   President Chandrika Kumaratunga meanwhile has offered to resume peace talks with the LTTE but has insisted that the rebels must first surrender their huge arsenal.

69.   Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that until the rebels surrender their arms, there is no possibility of negotiations.

70.   Russian military representatives and Dagestani officials were demanding that the rebels surrender all the hostages before being allowed to cross into Chechnya.