11.   Emergency rule was imposed in Nepal last November after Maoist rebels withdrew from peace talks with the government and resumed fighting.

12.   France is circulating a draft Security Council resolution demanding that Congolese rebels withdraw immediately from a strategic port in southeastern Congo which they took in heavy fighting last week.

13.   He did not say why the rebels withdrew from Lucane without resistance.

14.   It was not clear what agreement had been reached on the disputed issue of when and how rebels withdraw from the eastern third of the Congo that they occupy.

15.   Last year, the rebels and the government started peace talks but the rebels withdrew, accusing the government of a lack of sincerity.

16.   Military reinforcements were rushed to the area, but the rebels withdrew after burning the police station.

17.   Most PKK rebels have since withdrawn from Turkey into neighboring Iraq and Iran.

18.   Most PKK rebels have withdrawn from southeastern Turkey under orders from their imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who now wants to struggle for Kurdish rights using political means.

19.   Most residents have evacuated the city, and the Tamil Tiger rebels apparently have withdrawn to fight elsewhere.

20.   No major fighting was reported, a day after ethnic Albanian rebels withdrew from four northern villages they overran during fierce fighting earlier this week.