1.   Nawaf Mousawi, a senior member of the Hezbollah political bureau, said Lebanon had a right to demand U.N. help in controlling the south.

2.   The Chechen defenders, mostly bands of angry adolescents who live at home and fight by night, control the south.

3.   Ali Mahdi Mohamed, a north Mogadishu faction leader, would be president, and Aidid, who controls the south of the capital, would be prime minister.

4.   Armed insurgents still control the south of the country, while gangs of vigilantes run much of the capital and the north.

5.   Armed insurgents control the south, while gangs of vigilantes run much of the capital and northern parts of the country.

6.   Rebel leaders controlling the south stepped back on Friday from many of their initial demands, but remained adamant that President Sali Berisha must be ousted.

7.   The Murosades are allied with Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who controls the south of the city.

8.   The south is still controlled by thousands of rebels, who have defied Russian claims of imminent victory with deadly ambushes on military convoys in recent weeks.

9.   Aidid controls the south of the capital except for the Medina and Bermuda pockets, where the Abgals remain loyal to Ali Mahdi.

10.   Radio Sarajevo said government forces controlling the south of the northwestern pocket had advanced to take Buljubasici, Bajramovici and Gornja Vucka.