41.   Dalidig said the rebels claimed they killed the two men as a deterrent against rising crime in the area.

42.   Ethnic Albanian rebels claimed the activity was part of a Serb police operation.

43.   FARC rebels still claim to be Marxists and have been fighting successive governments to demand a leftward shift in policies.

44.   Fighting was reportedly continuing Monday in the central town of Makeni, where rebels claimed to have captured the town from ECOMOG forces.

45.   Former rebels claim massacres in government offensive.

46.   Government soldiers on Monday awaited troop reinforcements before heading towards a key northern military base that Tamil rebels claim to have overrun.

47.   Government troops re-established control late last month, although the rebels claim they have only regrouped and not retreated.

48.   He said there is still sporadic fighting around Mazar-e-Sharif, where northern alliance rebels claimed to have quelled an uprising by Taliban prisoners.

49.   He speculated that the rebels claimed otherwise to win the attention of relief organizations and obtain food for their families.

50.   However, Tutsi rebels claim the current uprising is politically, not ethnically, motivated.