1.   An armed man freed his hostage at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and surrendered after a standoff that dragged on for over five hours, police said.

2.   A regional military commander said his men had freed all the hostages in the border town of Ratchaburi and killed nine rebels.

3.   A regional military commander said his men had freed all the hostages in this border town and killed nine rebels.

4.   The goal of the march is to show that through economic empowerment and unity, black men can free their communities from unemployment, violence, and poverty.

5.   Bartonikova said that after police took the suspect to the police station in Telc, the man freed himself from handcuffs, pulled a gun and threatened the officers.

6.   He called on the armed men to free the children and teachers because of the cease-fire.

7.   Two armed men freed a Croat suspect on trial Friday and may have escaped despite a massive police hunt, the CTK news agency reported.

8.   Two Hong Kong men freed from prison.

9.   The men had earlier freed several technicians they were holding aboard the aircraft on the runway.