21.   All of those who escaped had had their asylum applications rejected and were being held pending the outcome of appeals, the immigration department has said.

22.   At a preliminary hearing at the federal prison here, U.S. Magistrate Ronald Howland ordered that Nichols be held pending further investigation of the federal building bombing.

23.   Authorities said he was held pending interrogation.

24.   Authorities said he was held pending questioning.

25.   Authorities later flew Geelani out of Kashmir to Ranchi, the capital of eastern Jharkhand state, where he will be held pending court proceedings.

26.   Both Markovic and her daughter-in-law plan to visit the U.N. detention facility where the former Yugoslav president is being held pending trial on war crimes charges.

27.   Fourteen of the detainees were being held pending deportation, while one man, an Albanian, was due to appear in court on charges of robbing a brothel.

28.   Freiburger is being held pending a bond hearing Wednesday.

29.   Hassan and Ettarfass were arrested last week in Amsterdam, and are being held pending an extradition hearing, the news release said.

30.   He appeared briefly in federal court Tuesday and was being held pending a bail hearing set for Friday.