11.   Before leaving France last week, Mobutu denied reports he was seeking military help from Morocco to help put down advancing rebels.

12.   By late morning, lines of Zairian soldiers could be seen walking calmly through downtown in retreat from the advancing rebels.

13.   Defense Minister Moven Mahachi denied that Zimbabwe had sent combat troops to help Kabila stem an advancing rebel offensive from the east, the Zimbabwe Financial Gazette reported.

14.   Events are coming to a head in the capital as the government struggles with fierce public opposition and an advancing rebel force.

15.   French soldiers confronted the advancing Tutsi rebels and provided an escape route to the former Zaire for the Hutu political and military leaders responsible for the killings.

16.   Government jet fighters reportedly dropped bombs on the advancing rebel troops.

17.   Government soldiers fought off advancing rebels on two fronts near the Afghan capital Tuesday and secured a strategic mountain pass, a government spokesman said.

18.   He said militiamen traded just a few rounds of gunfire with advancing rebels before fleeing Friday in jeeps and other vehicles.

19.   He said refugees say the armed men had moved west after using them as human shields before the advancing rebels.

20.   His army, meanwhile, had reportedly lost ground to advancing rebels who aim to topple the government.