51.   Two senior Basque separatist leaders were briefly detained Wednesday for refusing to turn up in court for questioning over an illegal rally last year, regional authorities said.

52.   Three Niger opposition leaders were detained Tuesday as part of investigations against them, the Interior ministry said.

53.   Yet, if the charismatic Burmese opposition leader were detained again, public pressure on ASEAN governments would mount and they might be forced to reconsider, analysts said.

54.   Israeli troops in Ramallah detained two leaders of the radical Islamic group Hamas in the occupied West Bank town overnight, an army spokesman said Tuesday.

55.   One settler leader has been detained ahead of the pull-out for allegedly inciting violence and more arrests are expected, according to the Israeli press.

56.   Relations between Jakarta and Washingailure to detain militant leaders accused by Singapore and Malaysia of links to alleged terror plots.

57.   Several other opposition leaders were also detained.

58.   The FIS has always refused to call for a ceasefire as long as its leaders are detained.

59.   The French business leader was detained Friday in Belgium with Foti on charges of forgery, fraud, embezzlement, falsifying annual accounts and breach of accounting rules.