1.   Given that, he said, the real question was what authorities had to lose by swapping a prisoner for their freedom.

2.   But the hostages have always been released unharmed, and India has never swapped prisoners for foreign captives.

3.   However, the West has pressed all sides to swap prisoners first, and then deal with the missing.

4.   However, the West pressed all sides to swap prisoners first, and then deal with the missing.

5.   India has refused to swap prisoners for hostages and appealed to the group to release the hostages who, according to the guerrillas, are very sick.

6.   Iran says all prisoners to be swapped with Iraq.

7.   India has refused to swap prisoners for hostages as a matter of principle.

8.   Most recently, the government considered a plan to swap prisoners for police and military hostages held by the rebels.

9.   The Colombian government and leftist guerrillas agreed Saturday to swap sick prisoners in what would be the first major breakthrough since peace talks began more than two years ago.

10.   The government has refused to swap prisoners for hostages, saying that it would encourage more kidnappings.