1.   For the safety of the mother and child, secrecy is very important, said Sister Marie, a Rwandan nun who runs the orphanage.

2.   Along with the Spaniards, four other Rwandan nuns were abducted, the spokesman said.

3.   On Tuesday, the rebels freed five other Rwandan nuns kidnapped along with the Spaniards, but continued to hold the two apparently to care for their wounded.

4.   On Tuesday, the rebels freed five other Rwandan nuns kidnapped along with the Spaniards.

5.   Rwandan rebels on Saturday released unharmed a Canadian and two Rwandan nuns they abducted earlier in the week, a Canadian diplomat said.

6.   Rwandan rebels on Saturday released unharmed a Canadian and two Rwandan nuns they had abducted earlier in the week, a Canadian diplomat said.

7.   At Cyangugu, Belgian nuns crossed the border to Zaire as soon the violence broke out leaving two Rwandan nuns at the mission.

8.   The Rwandan nuns included both minority Tutsis and Hutus.

9.   Two Rwandan nuns died Wednesday in a mine explosion in the northwest of the country.

10.   Two Rwandan nuns who fled to Belgium have also been accused of complicity in the massacres.