41.   And the fighting has flared anew between rebels and pro-government forces in eastern Zaire as hundreds of refugees were dying each day, beyond the reach of aid workers.

42.   Army spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Longin Minani said the fighting flared in Cibitoke but he could not give a casualty toll.

43.   As heavy fighting flared, an airforce helicopter was shot and crippled by the rebels, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in military-held territory.

44.   The United States began evacuating US nationals and other citizens employed by non-governmental organisations on Tuesday, four days after factional fighting flared in the Liberian capital.

45.   The area where the fighting flared is a remote mountainous area on the edge of the Amazon basin.

46.   The fighting flared as the UN Security Council was due to debate the conflict later in the day.