11.   The recent cease-fire that was struck by the Zairian rebels was designed to enable aid to reach the refugees.

12.   The sudden exodus of refugees began after Zairian rebels routed ethnic Hutu militias that had prevented the refugees from returning home for nearly two years.

13.   The United Nations has sought permission from the Zairian rebels who now control the region to truck the refugees back to Kisangani and then fly them to Rwanda.

14.   The town of Goma fell to Zairian rebels and Rwandan troops Saturday morning.

15.   The Zairian rebels who now control Goma have invited the United Nations and relief organizations back into the city.

16.   The Zairian rebels declared a unilateral three-week cease-fire Monday and said they would allow relief agencies to regroup the refugees.

17.   U.N. officials on Friday accused Zairian rebels of trying to drive Hutu refugees to a slow death in the jungle.

18.   When the Zairian rebel leader Laurent Kabila announced last October that he would topple President Mobutu Sese Seko, almost no one took him seriously.

19.   Rebels have given the United Nations permission to investigate the alleged slaughter of Rwandan refugees by Zairian rebels, a U.N. spokeswoman says Tuesday.

20.   A group of Lebanese diamond merchants and other businessmen detained by Zairian rebels are now free to leave, a British diplomat said Tuesday.