21.   But despite constant security sweeps, the top rebel commanders remain at large.

22.   But first, he said, Chechen villagers have to stop aiding and sheltering the rebel commanders.

23.   But nationalist passions are running high, and it is not clear whether the Chechen rebel commanders can fully control them.

24.   But Moscow rejected the idea of talks with Maskhadov, who Russian leaders say does not control rival rebel commanders.

25.   But the rebel commanders said they were not bothering to retaliate.

26.   Cohen also told the committee that the United States had trained some rebel commanders but had not provided aid to their organization.

27.   Colombian rebel commanders have been allowed to speak in the National Assembly chambers in Caracas.

28.   Despite several Russian rocket attacks, the rebel commanders had been given orders Wednesday to fire only to protect themselves, and they seemed to be following those orders.

29.   Drini, the Kosovar rebel commander, said NATO planes hit a Serbian armored convoy driving into northern Kosovo with reinforcements.

30.   Fears of a military coup subsided in Paraguay this afternoon as President Juan Carlos Wasmosy reached a truce with rebel army commander General Lino Oviedo.