71.   Refugees fled camps in southeastern Zaire Wednesday, part of an exodus of Hutus trying to avoid being trapped in battles between Zairian troops and ethnic Tutsis.

72.   Rubens said they are in an area that saw heavy fighting between Zairian troops and rebel Tutsis.

73.   Rebels surrounded Bunia, the last government-held town in eastern Zaire, Sunday, and local residents said panicked Zairian troops looted businesses and attacked civilians.

74.   Rwanda insists it is not at war with Zaire, but its Tutsi-dominated military exchanged cross-border fire with Zairian troops on Tuesday.

75.   Refugees will be restricted to the camp by a cordon of Zairian soldiers, and U.N.-paid Zairian troops will shut down any commercial activities in the camp.

76.   Quintaglie said the evacuation order came after increasing tensions in Bukavu and reports of fighting between Zairian troops and ethnic Tutsi, known as Banyamulenge, south of Bukavu.

77.   Ray Wilkinson, spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency, said some refugees reported being caught in crossfire between Zairian troops and the rebels.

78.   Rebel commander Andre Kassasse urged the crowd to organize self-defense units and to tell rebel forces if they see Zairian troops or their Rwandan Hutu militia allies.

79.   Rebel commander Andre Kassasse urged the crowd to organize self-defense units and to tell rebel forces if they saw Zairian troops or their Rwandan Hutu militia allies.

80.   Rebels fighting Zairian troops and Rwandan Hutu militias tried to close in Friday on their foes holed up in the rugged hills west of a deserted refugee camp.