1.   Government officials have denied reports of rebel advances.

2.   By mid-August the rebel advance on Madrid from the south was well under way, spearheaded by two columns of Legionnaires and native Moroccan Regulares.

3.   Belgrade, in a desperate attempt to stanch the rebel advances, has been pounding border villages like Junik with heavy artillery in the last three days.

4.   But it was clear Saturday that Rwandan artillery and gunboats had helped the rebel advance.

5.   But the rebel advance has stalled a few miles outside the city.

6.   Diplomats concede that they do not have a full picture of rebel advances.

7.   Diplomats said the Tutsi rebel advances in Zaire had changed the broader strategic balance between Hutu and Tutsi in the region.

8.   Forces loyal to the government appeared to push back a rebel advance onto this capital city Thursday, but fighting intensified and spread to other areas in the country.

9.   He said government troops had used heavy guns, tanks and mortars to stop the rebel advance.

10.   Hutu political leaders had whipped up animosity by waging a propaganda campaign against the Tutsi that gained credence because of the rebel advance.