1.   The freed women said they spent their days in captivity reading, playing cards and praying.

2.   The newspaper quoted freed women hostages as saying some waiters were Tupac Amaru members and others likely entered as flower delivery men or guests without invitations.

3.   Moslem guerrillas-turned-bandits have freed two young women they took captive near this southern city last Sunday, police said Friday.

4.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was in Ramallah to greet the freed women and oversee the festivities.