31.   Fearing reprisals, hundreds of thousands of Hutus are simply afraid to go back despite pressure from Zairian troops to leave.

32.   Fighting in that area between Tutsi rebels and Zairian troops has scattered more than a million refugees and threatened regional stability.

33.   Fighting between Zairian troops and minority Tutsis has driven the Hutus from camps near Uvira, Zaire, sending them fleeing into the nearby mountains.

34.   Fighting between Zairian troops and Tutsi rebels began in September, forcing Rwandan and Burundian Hutu refugees to flee from large camps along the borders.

35.   Fighting in Goma died down Saturday afternoon, apparently as Zairian troops retreated.

36.   Fighting in Goma died down Saturday afternoon, apparently as Zairian troops retreated from the capital of North Kivu province.

37.   Foreign aid workers and journalists who were forced to evacuate Goma earlier Saturday reported widespread looting by Zairian troops in Goma.

38.   For two nights running, mortars fired either by Zairian troops or their armed Rwandan Hutu allies have fallen on residential neighborhoods in Goma.

39.   For two nights running, Zairian troops or their armed Rwandan Hutu allies have mortared the town.

40.   Given the distance from the camps, the hungry people probably were not refugees but Zairian troops routed by fighting, U.N. officials said.