41.   Kabila claims that neighboring Rwanda and Uganda are helping rebels, many of them ethnic Tutsis, who are trying to oust him.

42.   Kabila claims they are now helping the rebels, but Rwanda denies the charge.

43.   Like many other Hutu civilians, they decided to stop helping the rebels, who have been weakened since support began drifting away in October.

44.   Milosevic had a chance to escalate the war by sending Serbian troops to help the rebels.

45.   Munene accused Burundi of sending army helicopters into Congolese territory to help rebels, supported by Rwanda and Uganda, who are trying to overthrow President Laurent Kabila.

46.   Officials repeatedly have accused Bishop Samuel Ruiz of sympathizing and helping the rebels, which both the church authorities and Ruiz denied.

47.   Pakistan, a key U.S. ally, is opposed to any effort to help the rebels.

48.   Police say some journalists who have published false stories spreading rumors about security agencies have been arrested on suspicion of helping the rebels.

49.   Police were tightening security to avoid any future attacks and ascertain whether the suspects had helped the rebels in carrying out the attack.

50.   Rebels in southern Sudan freed three U.N. aid workers and two Sudanese officials on Thursday after the government released two doctors it had accused of helping the rebels.