1.   At least seven people were killed and hundreds made homeless after a fierce storm caused floods that swept through an eastern Congolese town, a rebel spokesman said Saturday.

2.   As soon as Foreign Minister Nkosazana Zuma stepped from her airplane in this northern Congolese town, rival rebel factions each tried to steer her to their waiting cars.

3.   Government-controlled Radio Rwanda said Wednesday the eastern Congolese towns of Goma and Bukavu were in the hands of rebels opposed to President Laurent Kabila.

4.   Lava consumes Congolese town, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.

5.   Tens of thousands have fled the city, seeking shelter with families and friends in other Congolese towns and villages.

6.   The agency said the refugees had arrived from the eastern Congolese towns of Baraka and Fizi on Lake Tanganyika, which sits on the border.

7.   The finance minister visited the eastern Congolese towns of Kisangani, Goma and Bukavu earlier this month to promote government aid programs and fiscal reform.

8.   The finance minister had been visiting the eastern Congolese towns of Kisangani, Goma and Bukavu earlier this month to promote government aid programs and fiscal reform.

9.   The newspaper said three of the passengers had business links with Kenya, Uganda and Congolese towns of Bunia and Kisangani.

10.   The Ugandan army sent tanks and troops into a northern Congolese town after a shootout broke out Sunday between two rival rebel leaders, a rebel spokeswoman said.