41.   The Al-faran had tried to negotiate freedom for jailed rebel leaders in exchange for the four Western tourists.

42.   The fanfare was an apparent reply to President Alberto Fujimori, who a day earlier categorically ruled out talks on freeing jailed leftist rebels.

43.   The communique did not refer to the original guerrilla demand that jailed rebels be freed, but demanded that jail conditions be improved.

44.   The hostage-takers are demanding freedom for jailed rebels.

45.   The foreign minister of South Africa, which has tried to promote peace in East Timor, planned Tuesday to visit a jailed rebel leader from the troubled territory.

46.   The government suspended peace talks with the Communist rebels Tuesday because it was unwilling to yield to demands that a jailed rebel leader be freed to join the negotiations.

47.   The government says she participated in a MRTA plot to seize Congress and take hostages to exchange for jailed rebel fighters.

48.   The jailed rebel leader of the restive Indonesian territory of East Timor will not receive lenient treatment despite international calls for his freedom, the government said Wednesday.

49.   The Macedonian president pardoned the first group of jailed ethnic Albanian rebels on Wednesday, responding to Western demands for action on amnesty for former insurgents.

50.   The militant spokesman said the captives are in good health but urged their loved ones to win their release by persuading India to free the jailed rebels.