1.   He almost single-handedly brokered a peace deal with secessionist rebels in Chechnya last fall, thereby ending an inordinately bloody war.

2.   I saw five dead rebels in a row, with their heads knocked off by a round shot.

3.   Rebels in the Tenga region changed their tactics somewhat in the last half of last month.

4.   Several tourists were being held captive by rebels in Kashmir.

5.   The rebels in the current offensive say they represent democracy, not a particular religion.

6.   The government also continued its offensive against Moslem Rohingya rebels in Arakan province and the numbers of civilians crossing into Bangladesh continued to grow.

7.   During December the Indonesian government reported the surrender of large groups of East Timorese rebels in response to a government offer of clemency.

8.   The right-wing Contra rebels in Nicaragua appeared reluctant to disarm even after the new American-backed President Violetta Chamorro was sworn in.

9.   All were supporters of the government in its confrontation with the Zapatista rebels in southern Chiapas state.

10.   An American journalist was killed when rebels in Sierra Leone fired at the car in which he and other journalists were riding.