21.   INDONESIA Special Forces released nine hostages held since January by the separatist Free Papua Movement.

22.   Jay Turnbull has been holding them since last week.

23.   Many had been held since April.

24.   Mrs. Clinton made her remarks at the first full-fledged news conference she has held since announcing in June that she was considering a race for U.S. the Senate.

25.   New negotiations have not been held since the pilots walked out early Saturday morning and none are expected for a few days, though that could change quickly.

26.   No formal talks have been held since last summer, and according to a U.S. Department of Transportation spokesman, none are scheduled.

27.   No negotiations have been held since last Tuesday, when they broke off in Chicago after Bettman reintroduced his demand for a taxation on high payrolls.

28.   Nonetheless, he said he believed that Ethiopia should fight as long as necessary to reclaim it from the Eritreans, who have held it since May.

29.   No serious talks have been held since the beginning of the war, which has taken the lives of thousands of civilians in the battered region.

30.   Owners rejected that proposal Friday and no formal talks have been held since.