51.   In December, the rebel advance forced a large portion of the some one million refugees from Rwanda to return to their home country.

52.   In the face of rebel advance, most soldiers become unruly, looting their countrymen before fleeing.

53.   International relief workers fled Kisangani in the face of the rebel advance.

54.   It was unclear if the initial discussions in South Africa would carry enough significance to bring a halt to the rebel advance.

55.   Kabila blamed those Hutu militiamen and their allies in the Zairian army for driving away refugees who fled westward into the bush to escape his rebel advance.

56.   Last week, rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba accused government aircraft of daily bombardment of rebel towns, apparently in an attempt to slow down rebel advances.

57.   Many Zairians blame Kengo for allowing the rebel advance.

58.   Mobutu was out of the country during months of rebel advances, in his palatial homes in Switzerland and the south of France recovering from surgery for prostate cancer.

59.   Mobutu fled into exile ahead of a rebel advance last month.

60.   More than a million Rwandans, mostly Hutus, also fled the rebel advance to neighboring countries.