21.   Rebels claimed that it fell into the territory controlled by them.

22.   Rebels claimed Wednesday to have entered the Afghan capital after routing soldiers on its eastern edge.

23.   Rebels on Sunday claim to have killed a government soldier during fighting near a key southern Sudanese town.

24.   A year ago the rebels claimed to have Bardai surrounded.

25.   After heavy fighting in and around the city Friday night and Saturday morning, the rebels claimed to have seized both airports in the strategic port city.

26.   After this weekend, the chasm between what the rebels claim to stand for and their actions has never been wider.

27.   Also Saturday, rebels claimed responsibility for the death Thursday of Adam Deniyev, a Chechen who was deputy head of the pro-Russian civilian administration.

28.   Also Tuesday, the rebels claimed to have captured another important town.

29.   An army assault force moved out of its beachhead Wednesday and advanced toward a military base that Tamil Tiger rebels claim to have overrun, officials said.

30.   Armored vehicles were moving through Las Margaritas, one of the last towns before entering the sparsely populated canyon country that the rebels claim.