1.   Rebel attackers have killed at least seven people in southwestern Burundi, the official news agency ABP reported.

2.   It said the rebel attackers apparently suspected locals of supporting government forces.

3.   Patrols combed the area in search of the rebel attackers, but have not found them.

4.   The policemen hid, crouched in the aisle of the bus, and fired their guns at rebel attackers as the bus moved, the group said.

5.   The wooden window and door frames of mud brick houses are charred, reportedly in fires set by rebel attackers.

6.   They crouched in the aisle of the bus and fired at rebel attackers as the bus moved, the group said.

7.   Thick cloud cover on Monday prevented helicopters from reaching a remote military base high in southwestern mountains where a small army unit was apparently overwhelmed by leftist rebel attackers.

8.   But overnight Friday to Saturday police managed to fight off rebel attackers as they attempted to set off explosives at a key electricity pylon southeast of Bogota.