81.   Sankoh was given a furlough to attend the talks, and the government had said he could win his freedom if the peace talks were successful.

82.   The Chechen government wants to win freedom for the hostages ahead of a planned meeting this month in Moscow between Maskhadov and Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

83.   The family of one of two Americans sentenced Saturday to eight years in prison for illegally entering Iraq clings to hope that diplomatic efforts will win his freedom.

84.   The Chechen government has made a push to win freedom for the hostages ahead of talks between Yeltsin and the Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov.

85.   The Chechen government wants to win freedom for the hostages ahead of the Yeltsin-Maskhadov talks to ensure a favorable negotiating atmosphere.

86.   The details of how the two captives won their freedom remain unclear, but Lerralde thanked the Spanish government for engineering their release.

87.   The Greek defense and foreign ministers had arrived earlier for talks with Karadzic in a surprise initiative by Athens to win freedom for the remaining U.N. hostages.

88.   The Greek defense and foreign ministers had arrived earlier Monday for talks with rebel Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in a surprise initiative to win freedom for the hostages.

89.   The Kurds will take hostages in an effort to win the freedom of their leader.

90.   The Greek defense and foreign ministers had arrived earlier for talks with Karadzic in a surprise initiative to win freedom for the hostages.