1.   Russian forces in Chechnya agreed to start a temporary cease-fire Wednesday after rebel gunmen who took thousands of hostages escaped into the hills and released their last captives.

2.   The Bosnian Serbs have said they will release the last captives only in exchange for four Serbs held in Sarajevo by the United Nations.

3.   The last captives were released Thursday under a deal between Dudayev and the Russian defense minister, Pavel Grachev.

4.   The last captives were released Thursday under a deal forged by Dudayev and Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev.

5.   They were the last remaining captives in a two-week hostage crisis in the volatile former Soviet republic.

6.   Yap and the Burnhams were the last remaining captives after the guerrillas, infamous for beheading hostages, kidnapped dozens of people over the past year.

7.   Yap and the Burnhams were the last remaining captives after the guerrillas kidnapped dozens of people over the past year.