41.   A Yugoslav army intervention in Bosnia would immediately spread conflict to neighboring Croatia, where rebel Serbs still hold a small swathe of land bordering Serbia.

42.   After two weeks of daily clashes, the rebels still hold the villages despite Russian bombing raids and a troop buildup now believed to number several thousand.

43.   An American journalist held by rebel Serbs in Bosnia is in good shape, a senior Serb security official said Saturday.

44.   Angolan government claims UNITA rebels are holding crash survivors.

45.   As many as eight rebels were holding several hostages inside the offices of the government-owned publishing company, police said.

46.   Bad weather Thursday also prevented the negotiators from flying to Jolo, a remote southern island where Abu Sayyaf rebels are holding the captives in jungle hide-outs.

47.   Bockarie denied the charges and said the rebels held onto Guerra to prevent pro-government troops from killing him and then blaming the rebels for the deed.

48.   Both sides are believed reluctant to yield in the diamond fields, which the rebels have held for at least three years.

49.   But disarmament was especially significant in Kono, which the rebels have held for at least three years as one of their most sought prizes of the war.

50.   But in Caqueta and other states where rebels hold sway, it may be too late.