1.   Every afternoon, he played chess with one of the hostages with a Peruvian congressman, Luis Chang.

2.   In September, the Peruvian media broadcast a videotape apparently showing Montesinos bribing a Peruvian congressman, starting a gradual collapse of the Fujimori government.

3.   In the almost-hourlong film, Montesinos is apparently bribing a Peruvian congressman, Alberto Kouri, to change sides, from the opposition to the government.

4.   Instead, he asked to stay, ministering to hostages and guerrillas, reading Robert Ludlum novels and playing chess every afternoon with a Peruvian congressman.

5.   Peruvian congressman Harold Forsyth said he has asked Fujimori to seek the mediation of former President Carter.

6.   Peruvian congressman Harold Forsyth said he has asked Fujimori to seek the help of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to mediate the standoff.

7.   Peruvian congressman Harold Forsyth said he has asked Fujimori to seek the help of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to mediate.

8.   A Peruvian congressman among the hostages, Javier Diez Canseco, has been permitted to call his wife three times, she said.

9.   Many of the Peruvian congressmen, Japanese businessmen, police officials, and other diplomats who were freed also have returned to work.

10.   Some Americans were among those held, said Peruvian congressman Javier Diez Canseco, a hostage who spoke to a Lima television station by telephone.