41.   He said the southern town fell to the rebels on Wednesday evening.

42.   However in Sarajevo UN Protection Force spokesman Lt.-Col. Jan-Dirk von Merveldt would not confirm that the town had fallen.

43.   A Croatian Serb leader confirmed the town had fallen into Bosnian Croat hands, the official Tanjug news agency in Belgrade reported.

44.   Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic concurred with the UN statement despite the fact that Bosnian government officials earlier appeared to confirm to the United Nations the town had fallen.

45.   Bosnian Serb General Manojlo Milovanovic was quoted by the Tanjug agency in Belgrade as saying the town had not fallen.

46.   But in Kinshasa, the Zairean government denied the town had fallen, saying it had sent reinforcements there.

47.   But in Kinshasa, the Zairean government on Friday had denied the town had fallen, saying it had sent reinforcements there.

48.   Dondo had just days earlier vowed that the town would not fall to the rebels who have taken control of around one-quarter of Zaire since October.

49.   Earlier Russian Defence Minister Pavel Grachev said the town had fallen and that Russian forces had won a decisive victory.

50.   The other brewery in the capital Kigali closed down early in July when the town fell to rebels.