1.   Rebel gunmen have put up strong resistance.

2.   Rebel Serb gunmen have hijacked or plundered at least four U.N. aid and fuel convoys in another suburb, Ilidza, in the last month.

3.   Russian troops nearby had come under fire from rebel gunmen somewhere else, and had merely overshot their target.

4.   The Muslim rebel gunmen who have kidnapped an American tourist in the southern Philippines belong to a particularly brutal faction that has tortured and killed hostages in the past.

5.   Pro-government forces repelled an onslaught of rebel gunmen trying to attack a village near the Afghan capital Thursday, a government spokesman said.

6.   Plumes of acrid black smoke billowed over eastern Freetown, where rebel gunmen Thursday rampaged through neighborhoods setting the city ablaze and terrorizing civilians.

7.   Rebel gunmen continue to wage guerrilla-style attacks and seize hostages.

8.   Rebel gunmen from the Islamic Taliban militia exchanged heavy rocket and mortar fire with government forces Tuesday along the southern outskirts of the city.

9.   A military commander in the area said the fighting was part of a government operation to flush out suspected rebel gunmen.

10.   A rebel gunman opened fire on the AP car travelling in a convoy of government officials and West African troops.