61.   In London, Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Hanley also said the hostages were safe and praised the Indonesian authorities and the Red Cross.

62.   In Washington Friday, the U.S. State Department called on Indonesian authorities to investigate reported election abuses.

63.   Indonesian authorities have allocated a large piece of land in Irian Jaya, in southern Indonesia, to relocate these nomadic people of the north.

64.   Indonesian authorities have not cooperated in the past.

65.   Indonesian authorities have often said that a referendum on independence could lead to civil war.

66.   Indonesian authorities have refused to comment on the talks.

67.   Indonesian authorities have rejected demands by the separatists for international observers to investigate massacres and human rights abuses in the province.

68.   Indonesian authorities have rejected demands by the separatists for international observers to investigate massacres and human-rights abuses in the province.

69.   Indonesian authorities have stepped up security around the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, which the State Department said Friday brings hope that the mission can resume normal operations soon.

70.   Indonesian authorities say they have put out an international call for help in locating Tansil.