21.   Rebels have insisted the government release their jailed Tupac Amaru comrades as a condition for freeing the remaining hostages.

22.   Rebels insist that troops withdraw completely from the territory before peace talks can resume.

23.   Rebels insisted seven policemen were killed in those clashes.

24.   Rebels insisted seven policemen were killed.

25.   Shells pounded the palace, where some Chechen rebels insist President Dzhokhar Dudayev remains, though he has not been seen in days.

26.   Shells pounded the presidential palace, where some Chechen rebels insist President Dzhokhar Dudayev remains, though he has not been seen in days.

27.   The chief government negotiator said Friday that peace talks with Communist rebels cannot resume if the rebels insist on exercising their own judicial system.

28.   The government broke off peace talks with the National Democratic Front in Brussels last month after the rebels insisted on the release of captured guerrilla leader Sotero Llamas.

29.   The last round of talks, held in September, had ended in deadlock after the rebels insisted on abolition of the monarchy, which the government refused.

30.   The rebels have insisted on discussing agenda items one-by-one and expanding the peace talks into a forum for profound political and economic reforms.