1.   Until the agreement on Saturday, Kabila and his Rwandan allies had blocked the efforts of the United Nations to look into the reported massacres.

2.   Yet human rights groups assert that the former rebels and their Rwandan allies appear to be cleaning up massacre sites to prevent them from making just such a determination.

3.   But the rebels and their Rwandan allies were worried Kabila would use the emergence of an obscure rival leader to divide their forces and avoid talks with rebel representatives.

4.   Congolese rebels and their Rwandan allies said Monday they had captured the strategic, government-held air base of Kindu in eastern Congo.

5.   Congolese Tutsis, including the ethnic Banyamulenge, and their Rwandan allies are on the march in eastern Congo and in the far west along the Atlantic coastline.

6.   Congolese rebels and their Rwandan allies on Monday said they captured Kindu, a strategic government-held air base in the eastern part of the country.

7.   Congolese rebels and their Rwandan allies on Thursday reported no progress in preparatory talks in Lusaka.

8.   Congolese rebels and their Rwandan allies voiced skepticism Monday about a Congolese peace pact brokered by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, saying no agreement was possible without their participation.

9.   Congolese rebels and their Rwandan allies on Sunday shot down two Zimbabwean aircraft in response to two separate attacks by government troops and their Zimbabwean backers, Kagame said.

10.   For his part, Kabila has accused the rebel Congolese Democratic Coalition and their Rwandan allies of being responsible for massacring civilians who were reluctant to join the insurgency.