31.   The buses spent much of Tuesday just over the border in Dagestan while the Chechens sought additional safety guarantees from the government.

32.   The buses spent much of Tuesday just over the border in Dagestan awaiting additional safety guarantees from the government.

33.   The Dutch were refusing to leave without safety guarantees for the wounded, Dutch Defense Minister Joris Voorhoeve said.

34.   The Dutch, who refused to leave without safety guarantees for the wounded, were restricted to their base by the Serbs, Dutch Defense Minister Joris Voorhoeve said.

35.   The government has notified the NDF that it will cancel safety guarantees it had granted to rebel negotiators and their consultants in the peace talks.

36.   The Philippine government will restore safety guarantees for Communist peace negotiators in an attempt to resume stalled peace talks, a senior official said Tuesday.

37.   The Philippines also wants safety guarantees for its citizens who work elsewhere in the region, particularly those in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan.

38.   The Serbs welcomed the initiative but they reportedly failed to give the Greek team any safety guarantees.

39.   The safety guarantees include safe conduct passes that have allowed rebel leaders to move and speak freely anywhere in the Philippines.

40.   The rebels have insisted on holding the talks abroad for security reasons, citing the sudden cancellation of their safety guarantees after Estrada suspended the talks.