1.   Chijingu said Congolese troops were suspicious of surveying equipment used by the five Zambians that resembled spy cameras when they seized them Saturday.

2.   For months, Congolese troops, local tribes and remnants of the former Rwandan army have been fighting in eastern Congo.

3.   Few details of the battle were provided, but National Radio-Television said several Congolese troops were wounded and a number of Tutsi rebels were killed.

4.   He appeared eager to assuage international concerns that Congolese troops would target the Banyamulenge, saying that Congo recognized them as a Congolese minority.

5.   He also denied that there was infighting between Congolese troops.

6.   In Kampala, the presidential advisor said the Congolese troops had cooperated with Ugandan forces in operations against the Ugandan rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces.

7.   Inside, Congolese troops kept a close guard.

8.   Kabinda remains encircled today, with armored-personnel carriers and Zimbabwean and Congolese troops lining the one government-held road, west out of rebel territory.

9.   Moluka said the battle lasted only one day and the rebels took prisoners, among them Congolese troops and Burundian Hutu rebels from the Forces for Defense and Democracy.

10.   Sassou-Nguesso said the Angolan forces were helping to train Congolese troops.