81.   Dozens of armed rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, provided cover fire outside as their comrades fled through the gaping hole.

82.   Even if NATO refrains from airstrikes, the Finnish team will be faced by threats from mines, snipers and bands of soldiers or armed rebels, Lahelma said.

83.   Federal troops maintained a tight cordon around the hospital in Budyonnovsk in a tense standoff with the dozens of heavily armed rebels inside.

84.   Flag-waving crowds greeted Italian Premier Romano Prodi Sunday in the insurgent south, where armed rebels are demanding the resignation of the Albanian president.

85.   Flag-waving crowds on Sunday greeted Italian Premier Romano Prodi in the insurgent south, where armed rebels are demanding the resignation of the Albanian president.

86.   Federal troops maintained a tight cordon around the hospital in Budyonnovsk in a tense standoff with dozens of heavily armed rebels inside.

87.   Five heavily armed Chechen rebels seized a police officer and two journalists Thursday in breakaway Chechnya, then disappeared in a minibus, news reports said.

88.   Hartono, who was in Dili to brief security authorities, said these would include people supporting armed rebels, with material or otherwise.

89.   He accused Ssemogerere of colluding with armed rebels in the north and of plotting to allow Obote to return from exile in Zambia.

90.   He is opposed by pro-democracy activists, armed Islamic rebels and independent bands of fighters.