51.   It claims to have captured several towns.

52.   Insurgents captured another town, Gjirokastra, on Saturday, storming an army garrison and a military airport in conquests that locked their control over the south.

53.   Kabila said the rebels also have captured another town in northeastern Zaire.

54.   Last week, government forces abandoned their attempts to capture the town after a three-month offensive.

55.   Late Tuesday, Croatian TV said the town had been captured.

56.   Military captures northern town.

57.   President Charles Taylor on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in a northern county, where he said insurgents based in neighboring Guinea had captured several towns overnight.

58.   Rebels claimed Thursday to have captured another town in northeastern Zaire in their march to unseat ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko.

59.   Rebels claim to capture strategic town.

60.   Supported by tanks, artillery and warplanes, the government forces captured Periyamadu town Friday.