1.   And among modern leftist rebels, the guerrilla leader has proved himself a formidable political talent, often running the Zapatista conflict like a one-man play.

2.   A former television journalist, he was elected last summer largely on his pledge to reopen peace talks between the government and leftist rebels.

3.   A spokeswoman for the Colombian Air Force ruled out a violent attack by leftist rebels, The Associated Press reported.

4.   Across Colombia, leftist rebels are forcibly recruiting Indians to work as guerrillas and jungle guides, while paramilitary gunmen mount retaliatory killing rampages.

5.   Bush administration officials are voicing rising impatience with the concessions that President Andres Pastrana of Colombia has granted to leftist rebels in his country.

6.   Eight bullets, probably fired by leftist rebels or drug traffickers, struck the fuselage and tail, knocking out the radio as the cockpit filled with smoke.

7.   Fifty-four soldiers and two police officers have died in three days of fighting with leftist rebels in a small northwestern town, Colombian military officials said Friday.

8.   Guevara had always been part of the pantheon of heroes for leftist rebels in Central America.

9.   He insisted that only when the state quells the violence of drug gangs, right-wing paramilitaries and leftist rebels can society begin to rebuild itself.

10.   He warned that the Panamanians, for example, would never stand up against leftist rebels in Colombia, a violence-plagued country bordering Panama to the South.