41.   Guinea in turn accuses Liberia of backing Sierra Leonean rebels who have launched cross-border attacks along its southern frontier.

42.   Guinea and Sierra Leone, meanwhile, accuse Liberia of backing rebels in their own countries.

43.   He charged that Syria is backing Kurdish rebels in Turkey.

44.   He claimed they were backing the rebels by pulling out of camps and causing the refugees to panic and flee.

45.   He has instead demanded to talk only to Rwanda and Uganda, who are backing the rebels.

46.   He was suspected of backing the rebels with money and weapons.

47.   In Kigali, Rwandan officials, whose troops are backing the rebels in southern and eastern Congo, denied the reports.

48.   India accuses Pakistan of backing the rebels, many of whom it says are Afghan mercenaries and Pakistani soldiers disguised as militants.

49.   India accuses Pakistan of backing the rebels, many of whom they say are Afghan mercenaries and Pakistani soldiers disguised as militants.

50.   It has rejected past suggestions of staging aid flights from neighboring countries, such as Uganda, which it accuses of backing the rebels.