51.   The three remain in custody in a Vancouver jail, and only Reyat appeared in court Friday.

52.   The three will remain under house arrest until their trial, he said.

53.   The three remained holed up there Monday as negotiations between US diplomats and Chinese officials entered their sixth day, a US spokeswoman said.

54.   The three remained in police custody Tuesday, the student said, although another source said they have been released.

55.   The three remained in US military custody until they were turned over to Japanese authorities after they were indicted in late September.

56.   One of them has been refloated while the other three remain stranded.

57.   RAI chairman Antonio Baldassarre, appointed after Berlusconi took office a year ago, insisted the three would remain in their jobs.

58.   The big three remain free pending the final appeal.