1.   But the proposed amnesty would cover a far wider range of crimes and would bring the old amnesty up to the present.

2.   Critics of the proposed amnesty say it would reward those who had broken the law and punish those waiting in line for admission to the United States.

3.   The talks with the opposition broke down over the weekend over the proposed amnesty for the security forces.

4.   Officials inside the prison said the inmates were angry that a proposed amnesty law could free ethnic Albanian political prisoners but not Serbs convicted of other crimes.

5.   The convicts have demanded better living conditions and that they be included in a proposed amnesty for ethnic Albania political prisoners.

6.   The new proposed amnesty would cover all mothers, regardless of crime.

7.   The prisoners in Sremska Mitrovica began rioting late Sunday, alleging that they were beaten by guards and demanding they share in the proposed amnesty law.

8.   The proposed amnesty law is a major incentive for the rebels to disarm.

9.   They said they would wait instead for justice ministers to negotiate on demands that they be included in a proposed amnesty for Kosovo Albanian prisoners.

10.   It was not clear whether the proposed amnesty would include Chechen separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, who is being sought under an arrest warrant, and his top staff.