1.   Aru fled when troops on the rebel side attacked and killed his brother and turned his family from tribal chieftains to refugees.

2.   Government troops that did not rally to the rebel side pillaged Kisangani before fleeing across the Zaire River and heading into the northern hinterlands, according to Western diplomats.

3.   He also denied reports that Angolan troops had joined the rebel side.

4.   On the rebel side, the massive airlift is a godsend.

5.   Serbian mercenaries whom Mobutu had recruited to defend the city fled after Zairian army units began defecting to the rebel side.

6.   A delegation from the rebel side also arrived in Ouagadougou on Wednesday.

7.   At least nineteen government soldiers and at least as many on the rebel side have died since the tentative peace deal was agreed last week.

8.   At least nineteen government soldiers and at least as many on the rebel side have died since the tentative peace deal was agreed to last week.

9.   Both towns are far from the main front lines that separate government and rebel sides.

10.   But it is heavily qualified, widely mistrusted and has been greeted with skepticism on the rebel side.