11.   Earlier this month, however, rebel Serb militias in Croatia were rounding up draft dodgers who had fled to avoid fighting, according to local Belgrade press reports.

12.   Fellow villagers of the victims have blamed the Kosovo Liberation Army for the slayings, but officials in the ethnic Albanian rebel militia have denied its involvement.

13.   Government troops clashed with members of an outlawed rebel militia on the outskirts of the capital, Brazzaville, a senior military official said Thursday.

14.   Government troops clashed with members of an outlawed rebel militia on the outskirts of the capital, Brazzaville, military officials said Thursday.

15.   He said it was crucial to disarm rebel militias and stop raids on federal troops.

16.   He said it was crucial to disarm rebel militias and to stop raids on federal troops.

17.   Mortar shells bombarded the capital again Monday, as the rebel militia accused the government of using foreign mercenaries in the escalating civil war.

18.   Rwanda, like Uganda, says it will leave Congo only when the Rwandan and Ugandan rebel militias in Congo are disarmed.

19.   Rwanda, like Uganda, says it will leave Congo only when the Rwandan- and Ugandan rebel militias in Congo are disarmed.

20.   Stepashin, who met later with leaders of the Chechen provisional government, said it was crucial to disarm rebel militias and to stop raids on federal troops.