111.   The Hutu militias battled Thursday to defend Mugunga camp from an artillery attack by Zairian rebels who control a broad strip of eastern Zaire.

112.   The leader of the Zairian rebels said Saturday that the planned multinational aid effort for Rwandan refugees is pointless.

113.   The rebels also claim there had been fighting between Zairian rebels and Rwandan Hutu militiamen from the camps.

114.   The rebels also claim there had been fighting between Zairian rebels, many of them ethnic Tutsis, and Rwandan Hutu militia from the camps.

115.   The refugees fled their U.N. camps near Bukavu in October ahead of advancing Zairian rebels.

116.   The regular Zairian rebels wear uniforms and are much better armed.

117.   The Rwandans walked home from eastern Zaire last month to escape fighting between Zairian rebels and former Hutu militias in the camps where they had lived.

118.   The refugees said they fled after Zairian mobs slaughtered hundreds of the refugees, and Zairian rebel troops opened fire on at least one camp from a passing train.

119.   The refugees who got to Goma on Tuesday said they were camped near Walikale under the control of Hutu militiamen when Zairian rebels attacked Saturday night.

120.   The refugee agency received approval for the airlift on Saturday from Zairian rebels, who control Kisangani, the airport that will serve as a base of the operation.