1.   Reeker said several U.S. Embassy officials flew to Zamboanga, on the main southern island Mindinao, to discuss the kidnapping with local officials.

2.   The Leta family has refused to discuss the kidnapping with reporters and repeated calls to the Anti-Kidnapping division of the Rio de Janeiro police department went unanswered.

3.   The Parliament discussed the kidnapping and requested Interior Minister Hussein Mohammed Arab to attend a session Tuesday, the officials said.

4.   Chirac also telephoned Colombian President Andres Pastrana to discuss the kidnapping, officials at the presidential palace told AFP.

5.   Chirac also telephoned Pastrana to discuss the kidnapping, officials at the presidential palace told AFP.

6.   Earlier he had confirmed that the alleged kidnappings had been discussed with the Japanese Red Cross officials, led by Hiroshi Higarshiura.

7.   Yazuri told AFP he had neither met the general nor discussed the kidnapping with him by telephone.

8.   Rabin has called an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday to discuss the kidnapping.