31.   A cease-fire takes hold after four days of heavy fighting between Rwandan and Ugandan troops backing separate rebel factions.

32.   A cease-fire among rival rebel factions generally has held.

33.   A cease-fire among the rival rebel factions has generally held, despite sporadic fighting.

34.   A Filipino hostage from Sipadan was taken to the camp of another rebel faction.

35.   A Congolese rebel faction backed by Uganda said Saturday it captured a northwestern town after it was abandoned by government forces loyal to President Laurent Kabila.

36.   A recent cease-fire has been eroded with renewed fighting among rival rebel factions.

37.   A new round of fighting between rival rebel factions has forced the closure of the main highway linking northwestern Liberia to the capital.

38.   A top official has warned that an independence vote for southern Sudan will lead to a civil war among the rebel factions there, a newspaper reported Friday.

39.   African peackeeping forces said Saturday that reports on Thursday of renewed fighting between two rebel factions were false.

40.   Already, U.N. officials have worried that the proxy war may again erupt between the two rebel factions, each backed by Rwanda and Uganda.