1.   Given the reality on the ground, there was an almost surreal quality to the discussions between Mrs. Ogata and the Zairian officials she met.

2.   He said that he had put Zairian officials in touch with Serbs, and that he had worked with a French mercenary in Zaire.

3.   In the north, Zairian officials insist the attackers are Rwandan soldiers.

4.   Jessen-Petersen said Zairian officials were aware of the lawlessness of the camps, where undisciplined Zairian soldiers are part of the problem.

5.   The current fighting broke out after local Zairian officials announced plans to strip local Tutsi of their citizenship and their property.

6.   Zairian officials denied the reports and bitterly attacked the United Nations for failing to repatriate Rwandan Hutu populations earlier.

7.   Zairian officials have accused Rwandan troops of carrying out the attacks in the north and supplying and fighting alongside the Zairian Tutsi rebels in the south.

8.   African foreign ministers resumed a second day of talks with Zairian officials in Kinshasa.

9.   African foreign ministers arrived in Kinshasa for talks with Zairian officials aimed at preparing the way for a regional summit to end the war.

10.   African foreign ministers arrived in Kinshasa for talks with Zairian officials.