1.   Sometimes the rebel negotiator would call once a day, sometimes not for two weeks.

2.   The government, however, said that rebel negotiators had failed to agree among themselves on various points and then proposed new conditions that the government opposed.

3.   The guerrilla commandos who took over the plane are members of the Teofilo Forero front, which is led by Joaquin Gomez, a key rebel negotiator.

4.   The rebel negotiators backed away from that demand Monday, publicly agreeing that the talks would go forward.

5.   President Joseph Estrada denounced the abductions as terrorist acts, suspended peace talks and withdrew safety guarantees for rebel peace negotiators.

6.   Rebel negotiator Comandante David said in the mountain town of San Andres Larrainzar that the nonbinding agreement to discuss greater autonomy for impoverished Indians in Chiapas was positive.

7.   Rebel negotiator Zaini Abdullah praised the deal.

8.   Rebel negotiators agreed.

9.   Rebel negotiators have accused Moscow in recent days of reluctance in implementing the accords, and the Kremlin, in turn, blamed the separatists for stalling.

10.   Rebel negotiators said Friday progress had been made in talks to end an Indian rebellion in southern Mexico, but frustrated government representatives said there was no advance.