41.   Artillery exchanges between Croatian government troops and rebel Serbian forces continued for the second day near the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, on the Adriatic coast.

42.   As rebel forces advanced on Kabul during the day, an added sense of immediacy surrounded the deliberations, at which Secretary of State Colin Powell represented Washington.

43.   A U.N. operation would need the approval of the Zairian government, even if the territory being discussed is held by rebel forces.

44.   A small number of U.S. forces entered Kabul with rebel forces Tuesday, Rumsfeld said.

45.   About a half-hour later, the rebel force assaulted a military barracks at the airport, which is six miles from Bujumbura.

46.   About two-thirds of all combat sorties flown by U.S. aircraft were in support of rebel alliance forces, he said.

47.   But Annan does not believe that force would be able to defend the capital from rebel forces because of its lack of experience and equipment.

48.   But both government and rebel forces have been using the lull to regroup and rearm, Western military observers say.

49.   But deadlines to begin disarming and disbanding the rebel forces continue to slip by.

50.   But rebel forces staged a surprise attack in Staraya Sunzha, a suburb east of Grozny.