1.   The sudden storm over Chinese rockets forced the Clinton administration into an uncharacteristic speedy release of information over the weekend.

2.   White House officials were hoping instead for the new burst of material to blow up in the hands of House Republicans who engineered its speedy release.

3.   Aides said Blair was reluctant to raise expectations of a speedy release for the women.

4.   Authorities in the region frequently have promised a speedy release of various hostages, but the process has sometimes dragged for months.

5.   In Moscow, the head of a commission on missing persons in Chechnya called for a speedy release of captives.

6.   On Tuesday, Austrian President Thomas Klestil wrote his Italian counterpart, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, calling for the speedy release of Austrians still held after riots.

7.   Russian officials promised Tuesday to work for a speedy release of five Polish aid workers who were kidnapped in breakaway Chechnya despite being escorted by Chechen government guards.

8.   The slow pace of negotiations has been bitterly criticized by the hostages, whose psychological state has deteriorated in recent weeks as prospects for their speedy release have dimmed.

9.   The slow pace has been bitterly criticized by the hostages, whose psychological state has deteriorated in recent weeks as prospects for their speedy release have dimmed.

10.   FSK had reportedly called Chechnyan officials Monday to ask for a speedy release of its agent.