51.   The helicopter landed anyway and the three journalists were taken to the Vares jail, U.N. officials said.

52.   The government, however, gave no explanation for the arrests of the two journalists, an intern and another employee.

53.   The Jordan Times newspaper said the four journalist will appeal against the sentence by the Court of First Instance.

54.   The helicopter landed anyway and the three journalists were taken to the Vares jail.

55.   The other journalists live in England and Saudi Arabia and are not expected to attend the trial.

56.   The nationality of the nine journalists was not immediately known, although most are believed to be Angolan.

57.   The other journalist managed to flee.

58.   The release of the four journalists came two weeks after authorities in Chechnya announced they were stepping up efforts to find them.

59.   The reports could not be confirmed because no international monitors are in the province and the few journalists are restricted in their movements.

60.   The Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres sent a letter to President Hosni Mubarak protesting the imprisonment of the two journalists.