81.   He said French authorities were working to negotiate the release of the tourists.

82.   He said OSCE peace verifiers were trying to negotiate their release.

83.   He slipped the note to sympathetic guards, who negotiated his release.

84.   He said Ang allegedly approached the relatives by offering to negotiate the release of the kidnap victims and handled the ransom money.

85.   His lawyer, Gilbert Collard, arrived at the airport shortly after the plane landed and helped negotiate the release of the hostages, police said.

86.   His release was negotiated by Malaysian officials, who said no ransom was paid.

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

88.   Hisham Abdel Razik, who has been negotiating the release of the prisoners with Israel, accompanied Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Wye Plantation.

89.   However, one U.N. observer, a Bulgarian colonel, volunteered to stay with the two remaining hostages to help negotiate their release, ITAR-Tass said.

90.   Human rights activists who took part in negotiating the release of prison officers confirmed that all had been released.