1.   Democracy activists in Bangkok who recently visited Rangoon said the Burmese capital is crawling with young, heavily-armed soldiers from border areas where ethnic insurgents still operate.

2.   Georgievski also said joint action against the rebels could be taken with the government in neighoring Yugoslavia, where ethnic Albanian insurgents operate in of the province of Kosovo.

3.   Last month, Algerian newspapers caused a stir in Morocco with reports that Islamic insurgents were operating there and had killed nearly a dozen people.

4.   Many insurgents now operate from bases across the border in Afghanistan.

5.   Oliveros blamed the FARC, saying the insurgents operate in the city and have attacked civilians in the past.

6.   Rwandan insurgents operate in virtually all parts of Burundi, a central African country bordered by Congo to the west and Rwanda in the north.

7.   The Islamic insurgents have been operating out of neighbouring Afghanistan.

8.   The insurgents operate mainly in the rugged hill districts of Khagrachari, Bandarban and Rangamati districts reportedly from bases in India.