1.   Amid the sound of crackling gunfire, boats full of Congolese refugees have crossed into the Central African Republic, fleeing a civil war at home.

2.   But he said the practice is spreading with the arrival of large numbers of Congolese refugees.

3.   Fighting in southeastern Congo has led to a new wave of Congolese refugees crossing Lake Tanganyika into Tanzania, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.

4.   He said the soldiers would be transferred to Kigoma where they will join other Congolese refugees who have fled the fighting in their country.

5.   He was reacting to an article Thursday in the government-owned daily New Vision that reported the threat to Ugandan chimpanzees from the Congolese refugees.

6.   In neighboring Tanzania, the decision to cut food rations last week caused the Burundian and Congolese refugees to riot.

7.   Now UNHCR and Ugandan authorities are concerned tensions might arise between local cattle raisers and the Congolese refugees.

8.   Ogata planned to meet with President Laurent Kabila of Congo to discuss cooperation in repatriating Congolese refugees from Tanzania.

9.   The new influx of Congolese refugees has caught aid agencies by surprise.

10.   The United Nations will resume voluntary repatriations of Congolese refugees in northwestern Tanzania, a spokesman said Wednesday.