21.   NATO said Wednesday it would halt airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs because the rebels have withdrawn their heaviest guns from around Sarajevo and eased the siege of the city.

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

23.   Rebels withdrew from the negotiations in late August, saying the lack of advances on those and other problems blocked the overall peace talks.

24.   Sudanese rebels have withdrawn an earlier claim in which they said it was they who shot it down.

25.   The attack came hours after Tamil rebels withdrew from peace talks and ended a truce.

26.   The agreement came after a U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday demanding the rebels withdraw immediately and unconditionally from Moliro and another town they had captured.

27.   The agreement came after a U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday demanding the rebels withdraw immediately and unconditionally from the two towns they captured last week in southeastern Congo.

28.   The emergency was declared after the rebels withdrew from peace talks and resumed attacks on police stations and government targets.

29.   The ethnic Albanian rebels withdrew from villages around the northern city of Tetovo they occupied earlier this week during the worst clashes in months.

30.   The military reoccupied the island after the rebels withdrew late Wednesday morning with a large number of weapons and ammunition.