71.   The men were freed after the U.S. Embassy and Danish honorary consul sent a note of protest to the Haitian government last week.

72.   The men were freed after the U.S. Embassy and the Danish honorary consul sent a note of protest to the Haitian government last week.

73.   The military did not explain its decision to free the men.

74.   The prime minister of Benin and the foreign minister of Togo had urged Mainassara to free the men, who had been accused of unspecified crimes against the nation.

75.   The men were freed from the Khiam detention center in a border enclave that Israel occupies with the help of the South Lebanon Army militia.

76.   The men were freed immediately.

77.   The remaining men were freed.

78.   The spokeswoman said French authorities had made numerous efforts to have the men freed.

79.   The three SLA men were freed to mark the Eid el-Fitr feast which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

80.   The spokesman said both men had been freed on bail.