1.   Last week the hard-pressed Zairean government began a mass expulsion to rid itself of the estimated one million refugees, but suspended it after an international outcry.

2.   Belgian Special Envoy to the Big Lakes Yves Haesendonck also arrived in the Zairean capital Monday for talks with representatives of the Zairean government.

3.   China indicated Tuesday that it will recognize the new Zairean government of self-proclaimed President Laurent Kabila and called for a quick restoration of peace in the African country.

4.   It urged the Zairean government and rebels to cooperate with the mission.

5.   Some of the ministers had negotiated with the Zairean government in the past for their return, without notable results.

6.   The Zairean government has decided to ease a quarantine around a large area and focus instead on hospitals and areas of infection, the U.N. agency said.

7.   The Zairean government, Friday, eased up on strict quarantine rules, aimed at stopping the virus from spreading.

8.   The Zairean government has demanded that targets be set for a minimum number of refugees to return to Rwanda every day.

9.   Tutsi rebels and Zairean government troops exchanged gunfire Monday, and Rwandan border guards said armed men were apparently preventing Rwandan Hutus from crossing the border into Rwanda.

10.   Fighting raged in near Goma on Thursday as Zairean government troops asserted control over the airport.