61.   Hitoshi, the U.N. refugee official for Burundi, also said U.N. workers on the scene had seen no signs of such killings.

62.   Human rights and refugee officials contend the army did nothing as hundreds of AUC fighters moved in for the slaughter.

63.   Human rights and refugee officials had warned the army repeatedly that a massacre might occur.

64.   In Geneva, U.N. refugee officials said they urged the Tanzanian government early on to separate Hutu extremists and militia from the refugees they had been intimidating.

65.   Journalists were barred from the immediate border area by Albanian police and soldiers, and there were no refugee officials or refugees sighted at the Morini checkpoint Wednesday.

66.   Mahiga said refugee officials would be working with newly appointed Zairian officials in charge of the area to aid repatriation of refugees.

67.   More refugees arrived Sunday, said Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, a U.N. refugee official in Zagreb, Croatia.

68.   Refugee officials confirmed the report, but declined to give details.

69.   Refugee officials say they complained of the situation in December.

70.   Refugee officials also did not know the fate of thousands apparently turned back by the Yugoslavs at Morini, the main crossing point into Albania.