21.   Government officials were not immediately available to comment on the report, but Kabila has repeatedly denied his forces committed atrocities against civilians.

22.   He also said he saw no need to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo, and denied that Serbian forces had committed war crimes or killed any civilians in Kosovo.

23.   He also said he saw no need to withdraw Serb forces from Kosovo, and denied that Serb forces had committed war crimes or killed any civilians in Kosovo.

24.   Human rights groups have repeatedly charged that Russian forces are committing widespread violations in the breakaway republic, including torturing detainees and summarily executing civilians.

25.   In Colombia, the report said high-ranking government security forces had committed serious abuses, including extra-judicial killings, but were rarely brought to justice.

26.   In Burundi, where a transitional government took over from a military regime in November, the report said security forces committed numerous killings with impunity.

27.   Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has rejected calls for an investigation, saying Arab forces also committed war crimes.

28.   Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has rejected calls to investigate the massacres, saying both sides were guilty of transgressions and that Arab forces also committed war crimes.

29.   It is suspected that he was indicted for crimes his forces allegedly committed against Bosnian Croats in two southern villages.

30.   Many villagers backed the secessionists early on, but support ebbed as both rebels and government forces committed atrocities.