1.   After the rebels freed most of their hostages and left the damaged hospital, Russian troops began clearing mines and explosives from the building.

2.   Rebels free some of the churchgoers abducted in Cali church.

3.   A spokesman for the German Embassy demanded that the rebels free the others.

4.   A spokesman for the German Embassy in the capital, Bogota, demanded that the rebels free the two remaining German hostages.

5.   Also Monday, Chechen rebels freed a Russian soldier who had been held captive for half a year, ITAR-Tass reported.

6.   Anti-government rebels Tuesday freed seven Roman Catholic nuns held captive two months, but there was no sign of nine other foreigners abducted in the war-torn country.

7.   Bardhyl Mahmuti indicated earlier this week the rebels would initially free some, but not all, of the soldiers.

8.   Elsewhere on Saturday, FARC rebels freed the last of four Americans kidnapped while on a bird-watching expedition a month ago.

9.   Ethnic Albanian rebels freed a kidnapped Serb policeman Tuesday after U.S. diplomatic observers intervened to persuade them to let him go.

10.   Ethnic Albanian rebels on Tuesday freed a kidnapped Serb policeman after U.S. diplomatic observers intervened to persuade them to let him go.