1. Among a list of conditions for restarting talks, which collapsed four years ago, the rebels demanded that troops be withdrawn from seven bases. 2. But since most people in the area are poor, the rebels often demand community service instead. 3. Cattini said the rebels demand that Venezuelan ranchers pay Colombian laborers fair wages. 4. The rebels have demanded a role in political negotiations, but the Macedonian Slav parties and Western officials have refused that outright. 5. The rebels demanded that the Russians surrender and promised that they could leave. 6. The rebels have also demanded the resignation of Berisha, who still controls the important Interior Ministry and its secret police. 7. The rebels are demanding the release of several hundred of their comrades in Peruvian prisons, a demand rejected by President Fujimori. 8. The rebels demanded publication of a manifesto as a condition for the release of the seven hostages, but freed them late Tuesday after widespread protests. 9. The rebels demanded the release hundreds of other guerrillas being held by the Peruvian government of President Alberto Fujimori. 10. The rebels have demanded the release of all Zapatista prisoners. |