1.   But the government refused to alter its policy of dispersing rebel prisoners to jails across Spain as a way to prevent them from communicating effectively while behind bars.

2.   Thus, diplomats said, the responsibility is on Sierra Leone, which holds the rebel leader prisoner, to make the first decisions on his future.

3.   Police have stepped up security and President Alberto Fujimori says no to talks on releasing rebel prisoners.

4.   A Tupac Amaru spokesman in Europe said Wednesday that the rebels might be willing to free the hostages in exchange for the release of some rebel prisoners.

5.   After defusing a dangerous showdown by freeing eight Yugoslav soldiers, Kosovo Albanian guerrillas demanded that the government reciprocate by releasing rebel prisoners.

6.   At a summit in Toronto earlier Saturday, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto ruled out trading rebel prisoners for the hostages.

7.   Besides passage of the bill, however, the Zapatistas want more rebel prisoners released and three more Chiapas bases closed.

8.   But the president said he was still opposed to releasing rebel prisoners.

9.   Freeing all rebel prisoners is one of three conditions the rebels have set for reopening peace talks with the government.

10.   Fujimori, whose government declared victory against the rebels several years ago, refuses to trade rebel prisoners for hostages.