1.   The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.

2.   Oil royalties in the Arauca, Putumayo and Casanare intendencies would be directly administered by the government, in order to prevent them from falling into rebel hands.

3.   Another is in the southwestern region of Adjara, which is also in rebel hands.

4.   For Acosta, whose case came to symbolize the plight of hundreds of others in captivity, the months in rebel hands are constantly on his mind.

5.   If so, could they fall into rebel hands?

6.   In the past, Washington has refused to support alternative development in Colombia due to fears that the money would wind up in rebel hands.

7.   Neither figure could be independently confirmed, but the village was still in rebel hands at nightfall.

8.   Of the Krajina, only the territory around Dvor remains in rebel Serb hands.

9.   Shea did not explain how the Kosare base, which has been in rebel hands for more than a month, became a NATO target.

10.   The government wants the U.N. force to deploy immediately in areas currently in rebel hands, said Julius Spencer, the government spokesman.