31.   The rebels hold areas in the east, while the military controls most towns.

32.   The town is controlled by the government while the rebels hold the countryside and the affected villages.

33.   The town is controlled by the United Wa State Army, an ethnic guerrilla group believed to be the kingpins of the regional drug trade.

34.   Whoever controls the town controls the road to Knin, the rebel Serb stronghold on the other side of the border in southwestern Croatia.

35.   Government forces control garrison towns dotted around the south, but little territory around them.

36.   However, a separatist official quoted by Interfax said the separatists already controlled towns such as Achkhoi Martan and Shali.

37.   International arbitration will decide who controls the town.

38.   A panel of rebels that control towns in southern Albania has given President Sali Berisha until Thursday to resign, the leader of the committee said Tuesday.

39.   Abdul Ilah, a senior member of the KIL led by Sheikh Abdel Aziz Osman, said PUK fighters controlled the town but the KIL held the outskirts.

40.   An international arbitration panel headed by a US official is due to announce in Rome on Friday morning who will control the town.