31.   Gautam said the rebels fled Tuesday morning and that soldiers recovered automatic guns and ammunition from the battlefield.

32.   Gunfire followed and the rebels fled, abandoning Colvin, a military official said.

33.   Grozny sees daily bombings and other small-scale rebel activity, even though it has been ostensibly under Russian control since the rebels fled their capital two years ago.

34.   He said rebels were fleeing into a nearby forest.

35.   He said the rebels fled to nearby Kumalarang and continued the fight.

36.   He said the rebels likely fled back to their bases after the attack.

37.   He said the rebels fled to other areas and the fighting continued.

38.   In the fighting this week, rebels reportedly fled to join rival factions in Bahr el-Ghazal and Upper Nile provinces, north of Equatoria.

39.   It quoted Lt. Gen. Suyono, chief of the general staff, as saying the rebels fled their hideout with their captives four hours after the negotiations broke down.

40.   It said rebels were fleeing toward the Iranian border.