11.   Fighting among the factions has allowed the government to recapture towns Sudan initially lost to the insurgents.

12.   Government troops have massed in both northern and southern Congo in preparation for assaults to recapture towns captured last year, officials said Thursday.

13.   He did not say when the town was recaptured or give details on casualties.

14.   Kamajor officials, reached by telephone from one of their bases, were not sure whether the government had recaptured the town.

15.   Kurdish rebels claimed Saturday that they have recaptured several towns in northern Iraq, six weeks after they were defeated by a Baghdad-backed rival Kurdish faction.

16.   Kurdish factions battled on three fronts around this regional capital Friday, with one side claiming it had recaptured a town lost earlier this week to its rival.

17.   Kurdish rebels claim they have recaptured towns.

18.   Kurdish rebels said Saturday that they have recaptured several towns in northern Iraq, six weeks after they were routed by a Baghdad-backed rival faction.

19.   Recapturing the town also is a rebel priority.

20.   Soldiers identified the man as an injured rebel collaborator who was left behind when government forces recaptured the town.