11.   They are in twice daily radio contact with the rebel leader.

12.   President Chissano had offered an immediate armistice, but this had been turned down by the rebel leader.

13.   The ousted President of Georgia, Zvlad Gamsakhurdia, has fled to Azerbaijan as rebel leaders in Georgia plan a new regime.

14.   An intrepid cub reporter, Ralph D. Paine, volunteered to present the sword to the rebel leader to get his first big scoop.

15.   An appeals court in Rome freed a Kurdish rebel leader from house arrest Wednesday, further inflaming a bitter diplomatic dispute between Italy and Turkey.

16.   An administration official said that Washington remained unsure whether Kabila, the rebel leader, will embrace democracy.

17.   An associate of Kabila said the rebel leader was equally concerned about avoiding bloodshed in Kinshasa, but saw the government troops as a minor threat.

18.   And it does not please the donor governments and relief agencies that rebel leaders have bluntly declared that they expect the aid to continue so the war can.

19.   And the Russians finally captured the village of Vedeno, the hometown of Shamil Basayev, the Chechen rebel leader.

20.   As Kabila has drawn closer to his goal of toppling Mobutu, Washington has appeared to cool significantly toward the rebel leader.