41.   Battles between Zairian soldiers and ethnic Tutsi rebels have thrown the eastern part of the country in turmoil, uprooting thousands of citizens and Rwandan and Burundi refugees.

42.   But aid officials in Kisangani did report rumors of infiltrations into the town by rebel forces and said that Zairian soldiers were beginning to panic.

43.   By late morning, lines of Zairian soldiers could be seen walking calmly through downtown in retreat from the advancing rebels.

44.   Desperate Zairian soldiers went on a looting rampage, forcing international aid workers to flee their bases in eastern Zaire.

45.   Fears of a looting spree by undisciplined fleeing Zairian soldiers were mostly unfounded, but the handover was not without casualties.

46.   Former Zairian soldiers are among the rebels and in prison cells.

47.   Former Zairian soldiers, armed Hutu militiamen and UNITA fighters are reportedly crossing the border from Congo.

48.   He said the infiltrators fled back into Zaire and fired three mortar rounds at the Kibumba refugee camp, slightly wounding two Zairian soldiers.

49.   He said units of Zairian soldiers and mercenaries, most of them Serbs, were still inside the city.

50.   Hundreds of dependents of Zairian soldiers have crossed the Congo River into neighboring Congo ahead of the rebel advance, Red Cross workers said Friday.