1.   According to an Army spokesman, rebel soldiers tried to take over the airport and radio station in a rather pathetic way, before being overpowered by loyalist troops.

2.   By late Saturday, loyalist troops had taken over the presidential palace.

3.   A defense ministry official said loyalist troops had been ordered to kill any Rwandan soldiers found hiding in and around the city.

4.   A government official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Munene was arrested after he tried to bribe some loyalist troops into joining the rebel movement.

5.   A spokeswoman for the Portuguese Foreign Ministry said loyalist troops in downtown areas exchanged sporadic artillery and machine-gun fire with the rebels Monday.

6.   An unnamed defense ministry official, however, insisted loyalist troops were not under attack.

7.   An unnamed defense ministry official, however, insisted loyalist troops were not under threat.

8.   Both rebels and loyalist troops, backed by French soldiers, have established roadblocks while the standoff continues.

9.   But loyalist troops intercepted them in the northern mountains and the general was freed, a driver of one of the cars and a top military officer said.

10.   Chavez was ousted and replaced with a business leader, then swept back into power three days later by loyalist troops and pro-government militants.