21.   Rebel spokesman Raphael Ghenda said the rebels had taken the town Wednesday.

22.   Rebel spokesman Sofyan Daud claimed all the victims were civilians who had been killed by Indonesian security forces while trying to flee their homes.

23.   Rebel spokesman Sofyan Daud said the movement would replace all the leaders who had been gunned down.

24.   Rebel spokesman Sofyan Daud said the strike had been called because of an increase in military human rights abuses.

25.   Rebel spokesmen also have denied their troops abuse human rights.

26.   Rebels ambushed government troops on patrol in northwestern Burundi, leaving six soldiers dead and sparking heavy fighting, a rebel spokesman and a witness said Friday.

27.   Rebels expected to seize control of the town of Kindu within two days, a rebel spokesman said Friday.

28.   A BBC interview with one rebel spokesman, William Hanson, earlier in the week degenerated quickly into undecipherable shouting by the rebel spokesman.

29.   A Colombian rebel spokesman on Wednesday urged Europe to protest alleged U.S. military interference that is damaging the prospects for peace in his country.

30.   A Chechen rebel spokesman said federal troops were fighting their way into Bamut.