51.   The United Nations refugee agency called on Liberian rebels Thursday to release five nurses they abducted last week during fighting near the border with Sierra Leone.

52.   There were no reports of fighting near the city, she added.

53.   The Yugoslav army said one soldier was wounded Thursday in fighting near Racak.

54.   There were also unconfirmed reports of fighting near Port Loko, the next major community toward Freetown.

55.   There also was fighting near Vucitrn in the north, the Albanian-run Kosovo Information Center said.

56.   Thousands of Mayi-Mayi were seen passing through Beni recently on their way to fight near the Ugandan and Sudanese borders.

57.   They were captured last week during fighting near Junik, Kosovo, he said.

58.   They said they feared there would be more fighting near the capital.

59.   Three civil defense workers were injured fighting fires near the southern provincial capital of Sidon, Lebanese radio stations reported.

60.   To the north, thirteen rebels died Tuesday in fighting near the central city of Sivas, the agency reported.