101.   Seven nuns who were seized by rebels in Sierra Leone in January were freed and turned over Tuesday to a local bishop, the Vatican announced.

102.   Residents described a well-planned operation in which heavily armed rebels seized people from houses and parked cars.

103.   Several days later, the rebels seized police officer Roberto Bernal in northern Bicol region and Sgt. Alipio Lozada in southern Surigao del Sur province.

104.   She lives a couple of blocks from the residence of the Japanese ambassador, which the rebels seized in a Tuesday night attack.

105.   So far, the fighting has been confined to Indian-controlled parts of Kashmir, where the rebels have seized mountaintop strongholds.

106.   Suspected rebels seize three U.S. citizens.

107.   Soldiers quelled the coup attempt within hours after rebels seized the state broadcasting studios.

108.   Suspected Muslim rebels have seized a government engineer in the southern Philippines and demanded ransom for his release, police said Sunday.

109.   Tamil Tiger rebels seized a North Korean cargo vessel after it unloaded food at a port in northern Sri Lanka, navy and shipping officials said Tuesday.

110.   The airports are a major supply route for towns the rebels have seized in their seven-month battle to unseat Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko.