51.   Human rights groups say Zairian troops, who include ethnic Hutus, have teamed up with the exiled Rwandan Hutus against the Tutsis.

52.   In each town, demoralized and unpaid Zairian troops would loot everything in sight before retreating from the advancing rebels without putting up a fight.

53.   In practice, this will likely mean Zairian troops having to arrest extremists and thugs who try to stop the U.N. program.

54.   In Goma itself, foreign aid workers were pinned down in their compounds by encroaching artillery fire and nervous Zairian troops patrolling near-deserted streets.

55.   In the early morning, the rebels exchanged mortar and machine gunfire with Zairian troops defending Bukavu, across a river on the Zairean side of the border.

56.   In last few weeks, fierce fighting between Zairian troops and ethnic Tutsi rebels in eastern Zaire has led to chaos.

57.   In the past three weeks, fighting between Tutsi rebels and Zairian troops has forced hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees to flee from U.N. camps in eastern Zaire.

58.   In town after town since the rebel onslaught began seven months ago, Zairian troops have looted and then fled.

59.   International aid workers were evacuated from Kisangani on Saturday, fearing that demoralized Zairian troops would go on another looting spree.

60.   In town after town since the rebel onslaught began seven months ago, Zairian troops have looted and fled.