41.   Government troops were looting Kisangani Saturday as both soldiers and residents started abandoning the town.

42.   He said northern troops had looted the main bank in the town.

43.   In a separate development, aid agencies in the war zone have complained that government troops were looting civilian properties.

44.   Ataman, meanwhile, denied claims by Iraqi Kurdish officials that Turkish troops were looting and destroying villages.

45.   Bosnian Serb troops looted and burned Zepa after expelling most civilians in the enclave, a UN official said.

46.   Bodies still lay in the streets, amid widespread destruction, and locals told AFP that Russian troops were looting homes.

47.   The troops only looted the Kurdish villages.

48.   The Zairean defence ministry Tuesday denied reports that government troops had looted the government-held town of Kindu.

49.   Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Ferhat Ataman, meanwhile, denied claims by Iraqi Kurdish officials that Turkish troops were looting and destroying villages.

50.   Turkey on Friday denied reports that its troops were looting and destroying Kurdish villages during a massive military operation against rebel Kurds in northern Iraq.