41.   Two Spanish nuns kidnapped by Rwandan rebels contacted their families and their Roman Catholic order Wednesday, saying they would be freed soon, the Spanish Embassy said.

42.   Two Spanish nuns kidnapped by Rwandan rebels contacted on Wednesday their families and their Roman Catholic order and said they would be freed soon, the Spanish Embassy said.

43.   Two Spanish nuns kidnapped by Rwandan rebels were freed by their captors Saturday, the Spanish Foreign ministry said.

44.   Fighting between Rwandan rebels and government forces intensified Sunday in several districts of Kigali and in towns across the country, a UN spokesman in the capital said.

45.   Fighting eased in Kigali on Thursday but sporadic gunfire persisted despite a ceasefire announcement, and Rwandan rebels assailed a threatened military intervention by France.

46.   French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Sunday that French officials would meet this week with Rwandan rebel representatives in a bid to persuade them not to oppose the intervention.

47.   French troops and Rwandan rebels clashed inside the safety zone set up by French forces in southwest Rwanda, a French military spokesman said.

48.   French troops clashed with Rwandan rebels Sunday for the first time since France intervened in the central African country last month, French military sources said.

49.   In Paris, the French foreign ministry protested to the Rwandan rebels over the shelling of Goma, saying it jeopardized the French humanitarian mission.

50.   A Rwandan rebel leader warned Tuesday that his group would not recognize any UN resolution authorizing the deployment of French troops in the war-torn central African country.