51.   Hundreds of former Zairian soldiers stood beneath a blazing sun Sunday anxiously waiting to meet their new leader, the rebel chief Laurent Kabila.

52.   Hundreds of dependents of Zairian soldiers have fled into the Congo to escape combat between rebels and government forces, the Red Cross said Friday.

53.   In addition to the gunfire and fires in Goma, Kessler said there were reports of Zairian soldiers raping Rwandan refugees overnight.

54.   In the face of recent attacks by ethnic Tutsi fighters, Zairian soldiers were reported to have abandoned their positions, often without firing a shot, and fled.

55.   In the past, fleeing Zairian soldiers have looted towns, including aid agencies, before retreating from advancing rebels with little opposition.

56.   In the past, fleeing Zairian soldiers have looted towns, including aid agencies, before retreating from advancing rebels.

57.   Interior Minister Mwenze Kongolo said forces loyal to Republic of Congo President Pascal Lissouba had arrested the Zairian soldiers.

58.   International aid workers fled to Kisangani on Friday after being intimidated out of a city further east, where rebel forces were closing in on desperate Zairian soldiers.

59.   Journalists in Kisangani have also seen white men in uniforms, believed to be mercenaries, at the airport where Zairian soldiers and military hardware are being gathered.

60.   Late last year, Zairian rebels clashed with Zairian soldiers as well as with former Rwandan Hutu soldiers and militiamen in their battle to take over northeastern Zaire.