11.   Late Friday, the Pentagon announced that Kosovar rebels had seized a Yugoslav army lieutenant in Kosovo and that he was in American custody as a prisoner of war.

12.   The rebels nearly seized Freetown in January, and in their retreat, they killed and maimed thousands.

13.   The rebels had seized control of large parts of Kosovo in their bid to make the Serbian-ruled province an independent country.

14.   The rebels seized the village of Komsomolskoe, on the edge of the Chechen lowlands.

15.   They have cleared numerous routes through the former front lines and have reconnected Bosnian government territory to land seized by rebel Serbs.

16.   Pope John Paul II appealed Wednesday for the release of all hostages seized by rebels in Sierra Leone including seven nuns abducted from a mission a week ago.

17.   Private flights of humanitarian supplies to isolated hamlets have grown sparse as the government limits flights and the rebels seize airstrips.

18.   Rebels have seized control of the key cities of Bukavu and Goma and more fighting was reported in nearby towns, government and rebel sources reported.

19.   Rebels have seized much of Zaire, a country rich in minerals, in their drive to oust Mobutu.

20.   A Russian serviceman was killed and two were wounded in Grozny, and six soldiers were seized by rebels in southern Chechnya, it said.