1.   The fighting stopped briefly to allow the evacuation of Palestinian medical relief workers in an office that came under Israeli fire.

2.   Hindiye said the soldiers refused to allow residents to buy food for their families, but they did allow the evacuation of a woman who was ill.

3.   In Musliumovo, construction was halted on dozens of housing projects that could allow evacuation of the most dangerous homes close to the river.

4.   International Red Cross official Nicolas Bosinger told Interfax the Russians had reneged on a promised cease-fire that would have allowed evacuation of the wounded.

5.   An international rights group on Wednesday urged Egypt and Libya to allow the evacuation for medical reasons of two Palestinian refugees stuck on the border between the two countries.

6.   The United Nations was trying to arrange a truce between the warring sides as it did Monday to allow the evacuation of civilians out of Kigali.

7.   Meanwhile UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for military intervention in the coutnry if a ceasefire fails to take hold to allow evacuation of the refugees.

8.   Rwandan rebel and army commanders agreed Monday to allow the evacuation of civilians and to resume UN-brokered ceasefire talks on Thursday.

9.   Rwandan rebel and army commanders agreed Monday to allow the evacuation of civilians and to resume UN-brokered ceasefire talks Thursday.