1.   Meanwhile, moves continued, sponsored by Pakistan, to forge political unity among warring rebel factions.

2.   And with few means to monitor distribution, relief food has often gone to feed the rebel factions as well as the government troops, relief officials say.

3.   Because of his appeal and his support for peace agreements with southern rebel factions, he was often sent to rebellious provinces to shore up support for the government.

4.   A confusing tangle of smaller rebel factions, meanwhile, aligned with one side or the other to pursue smaller, intertwined wars.

5.   A rebel faction whose showdown with a rival group brought about the outbreak agreed late last week to a cease-fire.

6.   Despite the presence of two foreign armies and three rebel factions, all flexing self-declared authority, the town hums with its own brand of insouciance.

7.   Finally, Wamba dia Wamba came in alone and sat in the chair of the rebel faction he used to lead.

8.   Heading into the first round of formal talks, Mandela has already made one significant structural change by inviting previously excluded armed rebel factions to participate.

9.   Hotels are bankrupt, owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills by the Rally for Congolese Democracy, the main rebel faction based here.

10.   Nano said he would travel to the south as soon as possible to meet with rebel factions to convince them to hand in their guns.