1.   UN officials mediated between the rebel fighters and the government.

2.   The government has announced an immediate amnesty for rebel fighters.

3.   As the people here tried to stay neutral, rebel fighters took positions in the town to try to stop the Russians from using the railroads to ship arms.

4.   As Holbrooke spoke with rebel fighters the sound of distant artillery explosions reverberated in the hills.

5.   At the same moment Bisercic was speaking, less than one mile away from his office ethnic Albanian civilians were helping rebel fighters fortify their newest bunker.

6.   A rebel fighter, dressed in a natty black uniform with red patches, served a coordinator.

7.   A senior Afghan commander told Reuters that the rebel fighters were full retreat toward the Pakistan border.

8.   According to Chadian journalists who were there, the former rebel fighter could not contain his joy and took a rifle and fired shots in the air.

9.   Afghan rebel fighters can help by advancing on Taliban forces when and where they are weakened by air strikes.

10.   Acosta was taken prisoner more than a year ago when rebel fighters downed his helicopter, leaving him gravely injured.