21.   A Congolese rebel group has begun withdrawing troops from battle zones in northwestern Congo, U.N. officials monitoring the cease-fire said Monday.

22.   A hijacker is killed in Congo by one of the passengers, a Congolese rebel commander.

23.   A Congolese rebel delegation angrily abandoned negotiations Tuesday in Zimbabwe, just before a draft of a cease-fire agreement was expected to be signed.

24.   A Congolese rebel delegation stormed out of negotiations in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, just before a draft of a cease-fire agreement was expected to be signed.

25.   A Congolese rebel delegation stormed out of negotiations Tuesday in Zimbabwe, just before a draft of a cease-fire agreement was expected to be signed.

26.   A Zimbabwe military official on Wednesday threatened retaliation against Congolese rebel forces accused of new violations of a fragile cease fire in a year-old civil war.

27.   A top U.S. envoy met with Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed Congolese rebels on Wednesday in a bid to end their three-month rebellion.

28.   A U.N. human rights investigator held talks with Congolese rebels on Sunday in a fresh investigation into allegations that both the government and rebels were abusing human rights.

29.   Accusing Congolese rebels of prolonging the civil war, an opposition leader said Monday he had formed a rival insurgent movement to negotiate peace directly with President Laurent Kabila.

30.   After talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese rebels backed by him, Michel was expected to fly to Uganda for a meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.