31.   President Clinton said he was hopeful that a Cypriot statesman would be able to secure the release of three captured American soldiers during talks in Belgrade scheduled for Friday.

32.   She said he had failed to secure the release of prisoners from Jerusalem in peace agreements signed with Israel.

33.   Securing early releases for paramilitary prisoners is seen as crucial to maintaining the cease-fire.

34.   Senior administration officials have been deeply involved in efforts to secure his release.

35.   Some lawyers claim that this inverts the normal requirements of the law, demanding that the defendants prove a negative to secure release.

36.   That, and the cumbersome procedures of state court systems, makes it perversely difficult to secure the release of the innocent.

37.   The civil rights activist and former presidential candidate succeeded in May in securing the release from Yugoslavia of three American soldiers.

38.   The government could not secure his release, so an up-and-coming tribal leader named Sheikh Abdulkarim bin Ali Murshed did.

39.   The spokesman added that Clinton did thank Jackson for securing the release of the three, and would meet with him on Monday.

40.   The United Nations can do little to secure their release ?