11. Yeltsin said his forces had killed the gunmen who had been holding hostages in southern Russia after a weeklong standoff. 12. Police were still searching Sunday for two Texas separatists who fled into the mountains near here shortly before their four colleagues peacefully ended a weeklong standoff. 13. Rioting inmates who held authorities hostage in a tense weeklong standoff fled a dilapidated state jail Wednesday with one hostage in each of eight cars as human shields. |