31.   It was the second release since Tuesday by rebels, who have been demanding the release of jailed comrades.

32.   Kidnappers use their hostages as bargaining chips to free jailed comrades or extract promises of police tolerance for illegal trades.

33.   Months later, rebel soldiers tried to free jailed comrades and up to six were killed.

34.   Militants offered Monday to release two ailing men among their four Western hostages in the Himalayas in return for freedom for a jailed comrade, a government spokesman said.

35.   Now, a well-disciplined rebel band is demanding a lot more than the release of jailed comrades.

36.   One rebel threatened to start killing them unless the government freed their jailed comrades.

37.   Reports say it involves safe passage for rebels but no release of jailed comrades.

38.   Rebel leader Nestor Cerpa, among his two dozen colleagues in the compound, has linked the release of remaining hostages to the freeing of his jailed comrades.

39.   Rebels appear to be using attacks on prisons to free jailed comrades, many of whom have been arrested on genocide-related charges.

40.   Rebels, however, have said they want refuge in the Peruvian jungle and reportedly will only leave the country if their jailed comrades are freed.