11.   Muslim militants released more hostages from a crowded French jetliner Christmas Day, but negotiations toward ending the bloody standoff showed little other sign of progress by nightfall.

12.   Pressure for upholding sanctions also came from France, which says Libya has failed to cooperate in the probe of the bombing of a French jetliner.

13.   Suspected Muslim militants on Tuesday shot dead four Catholic priests, including three Frenchmen, a day after police killed four militants who hijacked a French jetliner.

14.   The statement came four days after French commandos stormed a French jetliner hijacked to Marseille, France, and killed all four Muslim militants who commandeered the plane.