41.   Among the operations suspended indefinitely as rebel and army gunners pounded each other were the evacuation of civilians trapped behind the battle lines and food distribution to needy civilians.

42.   Both delegates, who met for a first session of negotiations Monday, promised to cooperate with the UN in evacuating civilians trapped behind battle lines.

43.   Extremist Hutu militiamen are killing, torturing and raping Rwandan civilians trapped behind government lines as mainly Tutsi rebels advance steadily against the battered army.

44.   The paper quoted witnesses as saying that many victims were found trapped behind glass doors in the store, and that the main entrance door was apparently locked.

45.   The UN meanwhile prepared to resume on Friday the evacuation of civilians trapped behind enemy lines in Kigali.

46.   The UN was meanwhile unable to resume evacuations of civilians trapped behind the battle lines in Kigali.

47.   The United Nations also hoped to resume evacuations of civilians trapped behind hostile lines in Kigali on Monday, Plante said.

48.   The UN-mediated truce talks began amid heavy fighting which initially prevented UN troops from evacuating people trapped behind the lines as hostages to ethnic conflict.

49.   The vehicles will be used to evacuate civilians trapped behind battle lines in the war-torn central Africa country.

50.   UN troops hoped to resume evacuations of civilians trapped behind hostile lines in Kigali later Monday, UN spokesman Jean-Guy Plante said.