61.   It said that the OSCE group would be based in Grozny with branch offices in neighboring republics.

62.   Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Bweiz said Thursday that the group should be based in Naqura, a south Lebanon town on the international border with Israel.

63.   Meanwhile the Paris based group Reporters Sans Frontieres has called for the release of the journalists.

64.   Moallem also confirmed that the idea to base the group in Cyprus had been abandoned.

65.   Mukhlissi, whose exiled group is based in Kazakhstan, was contacted by telephone from neighbouring Uzbekistan.

66.   Muttaqi said these oppposition groups were now based in the Pakistnai border ciy of Peshawar.

67.   Rajavi, whose group is also based in Iraq, urged the Security Council to take an immediate stance on the attack.

68.   She was speaking after a special high-level meeting of government ministers and military to discuss the situation in northern Iraq, where Kurdish groups are based.

69.   Sheikh Ali has requested political asylum in London, where several Bahraini opposition groups are also based.

70.   Syria controls the Iranian-backed Hezbollah which opposes the peace process, while hardline Palestinian groups are based in Damascus.