51.   Already, the rebels control at least two gold mines.

52.   Also Saturday, the government announced that President Joseph Kabila had named governors for five provinces that are at least partially controlled by rebels.

53.   Also, the rebels still control at least five villages, including Tando, the ministry told the Interfax news agency.

54.   An army spokesman, Col. Blagoja Markovski, reported new insurgent attacks Wednesday in the extreme north on Macedonia, where rebels control several villages.

55.   Although the rebels were driven back toward eastern Congo, fighting continues and the rebels still control a number of key towns.

56.   Another nine are in parts of the city and its suburbs controlled by rebel Serbs.

57.   At rebel headquarters in Goma, eastern Zaire, a commander identifying himself as Mufu said the rebels control Lubumbashi.

58.   Battles were also ongoing farther to the east on the road to Kolahun, another town controlled by rebels near the Guinean border.

59.   Berisha questioned whether elections expected in June should be held at all if rebels still control part of the south.

60.   But fighting continued elsewhere in the city, and Interfax said the rebels controlled about one-third of the capital.