41.   After waiting for a brief period, three rebels entered the room with their faces covered by bandanas with the MRTA logo.

42.   Earlier Tuesday, Zairean Information Minister Kin Key Mulumba had denied reports that rebels had entered parts of Kikwit.

43.   Earlier Tuesday, Zairean Information Minister Kin Key Mulumba denied reports that rebels had entered parts of Kikwit.

44.   The rebels entered the town in the afternoon and attacked the police station and other government buildings, firing guns and hurling explosives, military sources said.

45.   Usually, the rebels enter towns after the government soldiers flee, sparing the local population from the worst of the fighting.

46.   Under the truce accord signed between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, the rebels could only enter government-controlled areas in the east without weapons.

47.   Zairean rebels entered Kisangani on Saturday, greeted by shouts of joy, a Westerner in the strategic Zaire River port told AFP.

48.   It also called on the rebels to enter into peace talks.

49.   Last Friday, four rebels entered the hotel, the refugees say, but Ghanaian UN troops forced them to leave.

50.   Masked Zapatista rebels have entered several remote towns and villages in northern Chiapas over the past days and sealed off roads leading to the localities.