81.   If that issue is not resolved in three months, Croatia is threatening force to regain the last piece of its land held by rebel Serbs.

82.   However, the rebels held pockets around it.

83.   However, the rebels hold nearby small towns and villages.

84.   In a similar incident in March, the rebels held two Spanish nuns captive for six days to help care for their wounded.

85.   If the rebels hold Mazar-e-Sharif, they will have an important supply line to Uzbekistan to the north.

86.   In his absence, Zaire has slid into insurgency, and rebels now hold a third of the Central African country.

87.   In his absence, Zaire has slid into insurgency, and rebels now hold a third of the Central African nation.

88.   In a southern Russian city of Budennovsk, Russian troops early Saturday stormed a hospital where Chechen rebels were holding Russian hostages, according to Canadian and Japanese officials.

89.   In the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross said they had begun visiting U.N. hostages held by rebel Serbs.

90.   Indonesian troops led by the elite Kopassus force mounted a large-scale operation that rescued four Britons, two Dutch citizens and three Indonesians held by rebels.