51.   As soldiers fight Tamil rebels in the north and bombs go off elsewhere in this small island nation, such government screening has become common.

52.   Both were members of the Ikhwan-ul-Muslimoon, a former militant group that is now helping government forces in fighting the rebels.

53.   Bosnian government and Croat troops jointly fought rebel Serbs in the northeast, but front lines remained unchanged, U.N. officials said Friday.

54.   Both Rwanda and Uganda have sent troops and armor to Congo to fight the rebels, who had joined forces with Congolese President Laurent Kabila.

55.   Both countries have repeatedly denied the charge, although Museveni has acknowleged deploying troops across the border to fight Ugandan rebels.

56.   But as long as soldiers are fighting rebels, it will be risky for any party to make concessions that would make it look weak.

57.   Burundi joined the fray in Congo to fight Burundian rebels based in eastern Congo.

58.   Burundi joined the fray to fight Burundian rebels based in eastern Congo.

59.   But Lt.-Gen. Mohamed Lamari, the Algerian army chief of staff, denied his country wanted South African weapons to fight Muslim rebels fighting the government.

60.   But one by one, he rejected Serb explanations for what has happened in Kosovo, where Serb forces are fighting the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army.