11.   Although the KLA agreed Tuesday to go to the talks, it did so with little faith that negotiations could end the fighting, one rebel commander said Wednesday.

12.   Army troops repelled the attack, killing one paramilitary member and arresting another, said the commander of the nearby Fourth Brigade, Gen. Eduardo Herrera.

13.   But former hostages said rebel commander Shamil Basayev demanded rigid discipline from his fighters, and shot those who disobeyed.

14.   But the Serbs said the commanders had previous commitments made before Rose announced his planned trip.

15.   Congolese rebels recaptured a strategic eastern Congolese port Saturday from government forces and their allies after a night of fierce fighting, the rebel commander said.

16.   Congolese authorities are sending fleeing Rwandan Hutu civilians back to Rwanda and are handing captured Hutu rebels over Rwandan authorities, a Rwandan military commander said Saturday.

17.   Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says Taliban commanders and fighters have defected in the U.S. war against terrorism in Afghanistan.

18.   Eight Russian peacekeepers who had deserted their posts in the former Soviet republic of Georgia were found Tuesday, their commander said.

19.   Former hostages said rebel commander Shamil Basayev demanded rigid dicipline from his fighters, and shot those who disobeyed.

20.   Ground fighting ceased in the early afternoon, Afghan commanders said, but U.S. heavy aircraft could be heard flying overhead into the evening.