11.   Fighting between Zairean troops and mainly Tutsi rebels that broke out in September forced hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee their camps in eastern Zaire.

12.   Government forces backed by Zairean troops managed to contain the offensive.

13.   He said the identity of those shooting at the Zairean troops had not been established.

14.   Heavy street fighting took place Thursday in the east Zairean town of Goma, where witnesses said Rwandan soldiers had invaded and Zairean troops were falling back.

15.   However, airport authorities here told AFP that it was still in the hands of Zairean troops.

16.   Hutu refugees from Rwanda and Burundi climbing up to this high plateau from the Uvira plain farther south said they were being pursued by Tutsis battling Zairean troops.

17.   Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been fleeing the fighting between Tutsi rebels and Zairean troops along the Rwanda-Zairean border.

18.   Hundreds of thousands of the refugees are on the move, fleeing fighting between Zairean troops and Banyamulenge Tutsi rebels.

19.   Hundreds of Zairean rebels have been combing dense forest near this eastern town in the hopes of flushing out Zairean troops and former Rwandan soldiers, local residents said.

20.   In Kigali, the government on Tuesday charged that Zairean troops had been the first to open fire on Monday night.