41.   Bullets struck the car, and Israeli soldiers found spent cartridges in the area, the army said.

42.   Chavez handed his resignation to three generals at the presidential palace, said army Col. Julio Cesar Anzola.

43.   Congolese and Angolan troops have driven rebels from the southwest of the Republic of Congo after two months of fierce fighting, the Congolese army said Thursday.

44.   Colombian soldiers whisked one of three Germans kidnapped by leftist rebels to safety Saturday after the hostage escaped from his captors, the army said.

45.   Colombian soldiers whisked one of three Germans kidnapped by leftist rebels to safety Saturday after the hostage fled from his captors, the army said.

46.   Contreras said the army believed there were rebel casualties in the Yari operation, but did not know how many.

47.   Darwazeh was also preparing another large bombing, the army said.

48.   Gunmen shot at an Israeli bus in the West Bank Wednesday, lightly injuring two passengers, the army said.

49.   Gunmen opened fire on an army vehicle near the West Bank town of Nablus on Tuesday, wounding two Israeli soldiers, the army said.

50.   He said former army and militia members have been entering the camps recently to make a last attempt to rally opposition to the government.