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      Myanmar dissidents free most hostages, leave Bangkok embassy
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      October 2, 1999
      Web posted at: 1:38 p.m. HKT (0538 GMT)

      From staff and wire reports

      BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A group of student rebels who seized =
the Myanmar Embassy in Thailand freed most of their hostages early =
Saturday afternoon and left the embassy grounds to board a nearby =
helicopter.=20

      Earlier Saturday, the student rebels -- who seized the embassy =
Friday morning -- released two hostages, a man and a pregnant woman. =
Most of the more than 30 remaining were released Saturday afternoon, but =
the 14 rebels continued to hold some as they moved toward the airfield.=20

      Two vans were standing by near embassy compound, and a helicopter =
landed at a nearby school as a deadline of noon (0500 GMT) approached.=20

      They told Thai authorities they wanted to be flown to the =
Thai-Myanmar border to join an unidentified "revolutionary group." Their =
hostages included 13 Myanmar diplomats, Thais and other Asian and =
Western nationals.=20

      The government of Myanmar, formerly Burma, has refused to convene =
the parliament legally elected in 1990. The rebels want all political =
prisoners in their homeland released and for the government to allow =
that parliament to assume office.=20

      The students, who called themselves the Vigorous Burmese Student =
Warriors, warned Myanmar's government would be "fully responsible for =
the consequences of this action" if ignored their demands. Other =
dissident groups have distanced themselves from the militants who seized =
the embassy.=20

      Negotiations resumed Saturday after being suspended for several =
hours. Earlier, senior police officials had bargained with the =
anti-government activists, offering to trade food and water for the =
release of the hostages.=20

      Myanmar authorities closed all border crossing points with =
Thailand and will not allow any land entry into Myanmar until further =
notice. Myanmar authorities would not explicitly say their action was =
directly related to the hostage situation in Bangkok.=20

      Scattered gunfire could be heard in the embassy compound Saturday, =
but there were no reports of injuries outside.=20
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      Thailand</A> (CNN) -- A group of student rebels who seized the =
Myanmar=20
      Embassy in Thailand freed most of their hostages early Saturday =
afternoon=20
      and left the embassy grounds to board a nearby helicopter. </P>
      <P>Earlier Saturday, the student rebels -- who seized the embassy =
Friday=20
      morning -- released two hostages, a man and a pregnant woman. Most =
of the=20
      more than 30 remaining were released Saturday afternoon, but the =
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      continued to hold some as they moved toward the airfield. </P>
      <P>Two vans were standing by near embassy compound, and a =
helicopter=20
      landed at a nearby school as a deadline of noon (0500 GMT) =
approached.=20
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      <P>They told Thai authorities they wanted to be flown to the =
Thai-Myanmar=20
      border to join an unidentified "revolutionary group." Their =
hostages=20
      included 13 Myanmar diplomats, Thais and other Asian and Western=20
      nationals. </P>
      <P>The government of Myanmar, formerly Burma, has refused to =
convene the=20
      parliament legally elected in 1990. The rebels want all political=20
      prisoners in their homeland released and for the government to =
allow that=20
      parliament to assume office. </P>
      <P>The students, who called themselves the Vigorous Burmese =
Student=20
      Warriors, warned Myanmar's government would be "fully responsible =
for the=20
      consequences of this action" if ignored their demands. Other =
dissident=20
      groups have distanced themselves from the militants who seized the =

      embassy. </P>
      <P>Negotiations resumed Saturday after being suspended for several =
hours.=20
      Earlier, senior police officials had bargained with the =
anti-government=20
      activists, offering to trade food and water for the release of the =

      hostages. </P>
      <P>Myanmar authorities closed all border crossing points with =
Thailand and=20
      will not allow any land entry into Myanmar until further notice. =
Myanmar=20
      authorities would not explicitly say their action was directly =
related to=20
      the hostage situation in Bangkok. </P>
      <P>Scattered gunfire could be heard in the embassy compound =
Saturday, but=20
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