41.   Jakarta annexed the territory the following year and has battled pro-independence rebels ever since.

42.   Kabila, backed by troops from Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia and Chad is battling rebels backed by Uganda and Rwanda who control much of eastern Congo.

43.   Kabila, backed by troops from Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia and Chad is battling rebels supported by Uganda and Rwanda who control much of eastern Congo.

44.   Liberian soldiers battled rebels backed by Guinea in three northern towns Thursday, the military said.

45.   Located in the heart of Rwanda, Kigali has been spared of killings and incidents so common in the countryside, where the government has been battling Hutu rebels.

46.   Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski on Friday rejected an initiative to demobilize police reservists who have been battling the rebels.

47.   Meanwhile, fighting reportedly flared to the east in the mountains of central Tajikistan, where the government has been battling Islamic rebels for years.

48.   Meanwhile, government troops continued to battle rebel Muslims, Croats and Bosnian Serbs in the northwest Bihac area Friday.

49.   Meanwhile, special commando teams were battling Kurdish rebels in mountains near the famous Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, reports said.

50.   Meanwhile, fighting flared again to the east in the mountains of central Tajikistan, where the government has been battling Islamic rebels for years.