1.   Castaneda sent his deputy foreign minister to Havana on Thursday morning to negotiate with the group and to obtain assurances from Castro that no reprisals would be taken.

2.   For its part, the Cuban government has consistently rejected any suggestion that it has taken reprisals against returnees.

3.   He warned that reprisals might be taken.

4.   In response, the Tutsi-dominated army often takes reprisals against Hutu villagers, human rights monitors say, though army officials deny it.

5.   It did not take reprisals against innocent people, such as the family or neighbors of the perpetrator of the massacre.

6.   No state police and no corrections officers known to have taken reprisals against the inmates were charged.

7.   The army soon began taking reprisals on villages and clans that had supported them, perhaps sowing the seeds of future uprisings.

8.   Under the terms of the new agreement, the Cuban Government has agreed not to take reprisals against returned boat people for trying to leave the country.

9.   Priebke claims he is innocent and was only following orders to take harsh reprisals for attacks on German troops.

10.   After around six hours, the seizure ended with the protesters leaving the offices after being assured police would take no reprisals.