71.   Rwandan rebel and army commanders opened UN-mediated truce talks in Kigali on Monday, amid heavy fighting which prevented UN troops from evacuating civilians, UN officials said.

72.   Rwandan rebels advanced Friday to the eastern edge of the French safety zone amid intense clashes with government forces, French military sources said.

73.   Rwandan rebels captured Kigali airport Sunday, the UN Mission for Aid to Rwanda announced.

74.   Rwandan rebels launched a major offensive early Sunday against a paramilitary police camp in the north of the capital Kigali.

75.   Rwandan rebels waged a major offensive Wednesday to take control of this capital city as France pressed ahead with controversial plans to intervene in the ethnic civil war.

76.   Sporadic fighting between Rwandan rebels and government forces continued in Kigali overnight with both sides exchanging artillery and small arms fire, a UN spokesman said Saturday.

77.   The French intervention continued to arouse bitter opposition from Rwandan rebels on Tuesday.

78.   The French intervention continued to arouse bitter opposition from Rwandan rebels angered over past French support for the Hutu government held responsible for most of the killing.

79.   The outgoing UN special representative to Rwanda on Wednesday accused Rwandan rebels and the government of genocide against their own people in an ongoing ethnic bloodbath.