41.   A statement from the rebel group backed by Uganda said the fighting started after Rwandan soldiers blocked the road to the airport and fired at Ugandan soldiers.

42.   Adding to the scrutiny are rebel groups in Chiapas and other states, who have warned of stepped-up violence if the ruling party prevails.

43.   Adolphe Onusumba, the leader of the rebel group that controls Goma, issued an urgent plea for help.

44.   Along with several other armed rebel groups, it has been fighting the Colombian government for decades.

45.   Both rebel groups have shot down low-flying crop-dusters and support helicopters, killing dozens of Colombian pilots as well as three U.S. fliers.

46.   BP has major oil production installations in the northeast Cano Limon region were rebel guerrilla groups often attack.

47.   But after months of tensions, both among the rebels and between Rwanda and Uganda, the rebel group split in May.

48.   But both also had a history of sympathy for the Farbundo Marti National Liberation Front, a coalition of rebel groups and political parties during the civil war.

49.   But both rebel groups later contradicted him.

50.   But at the last minute, squabbling broke out among the rebel groups at the peace conference and they walked away without signing.