71.   Later, the rebels seized other hostages at the coconut plantation and a hospital they briefly occupied.

72.   Leftist rebels seized about two dozen biological researchers, including an American, in western Colombia, and a guerrilla leader on Friday promised to release them soon.

73.   Meanwhile, Russian troops said rebels seized and wounded the military commandant of the Shelkovsky region just northeast of the capital, Grozny, ITAR-Tass said.

74.   Military officials denied reports from within their own ranks earlier in the day that rebels had seized the mountain town of Nozhai-Yurt in eastern Chechnya.

75.   Military officials also said that rebels have seized eight federal servicemen in the past two weeks, brutally killing six of them.

76.   Military officials denied reports that rebels had seized the mountain town of Nozhai-Yurt in eastern Chechnya.

77.   Military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said rebels had seized the police station in Gbarnga.

78.   Most were of the Hutu ethnic group and fled when Tutsi-led rebels seized power from the Hutu-dominated government.

79.   Nine escaped when the rebels seized a hospital for a day Saturday but were replaced by medical personnel.

80.   On the battlefront, Taliban troops say they recaptured a district seized by rebels.