21.   Costa Rican authorities said Wednesday they would help Nicaragua prosecute four men arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a Dutch couple in Costa Rica.

22.   Either Mexico or the United States could prosecute the men and then extradite them to the other country to face additional charges under current treaty agreements, officials said.

23.   Evidence has been passed to the Department of Justice for a decision on whether the men will be prosecuted.

24.   Representatives from nine civil rights and Arab advocate groups asked a U.S. attorney last week not to prosecute men for visa violations if they come forward for questioning.

25.   Representatives from nine civil rights and Arab advocate groups asked Collins on Friday not to prosecute men for visa violations who come forward for questioning.

26.   Representatives from nine civil rights and Arab advocacy groups asked Collins on Friday not to prosecute the men for visa violations if they came forward for questioning.

27.   Rajoub met with Palestinian Attorney-General Khaled al-Kidreh Wednesday to discuss prosecuting the men.

28.   Sweden is considering prosecuting the man, using an old law that allows its courts to try citizens for crimes committed in another country.

29.   Talbott asked the government of Cambodia to prosecute eight men arrested held in connection with an attack which killed an American woman and her Cambodian guide in Cambodia.

30.   The South African government has also contemplated prosecuting the men in terms of legislation which prohibits South African citizens from operating as mercenaries in other countries.