1.   A delegation from the justice ministry met with strikers inside Bayrampasa, where two deaths occurred among the fasting inmates, but no progress was reported.

2.   A delegation from the justice ministry met with strikers inside Bayrampasa, where the last two deaths occurred among the fasting inmates, but no progress was reported.

3.   At least three of the hundreds of fasting inmates are now in critical condition.

4.   But leftist supporters of the inmates rioted almost daily after the first fasting inmate died Sunday, attacking police and burning vehicles.

5.   Eleven fasting inmates at Bayrampasa were in critical condition Tuesday, said Ali Dizdar, a lawyer who visited the striking prisoners.

6.   Fasting inmates around the country quickly agreed to the deal.

7.   He said inmates there were armed with smuggled weapons, and were blocking authorities from tending to the fasting inmates.

8.   More fasting inmates die.

9.   Some fasting inmates were released on health grounds.

10.   The so-called dormitory leaders are accused of obstructing medical aid to fasting inmates and blocking their transfer to hospitals during the strike, they said.