Zaire rebel leader visits latest conquest

Laurent Kabila flew into the diamond-mining heartland of Mbuji-Mayi,Zaire, on Monday to survey the latest conquest by his rebel force inits six-month battle to unseat President Mobutu Sese Seko. Kabilaarrived in Mbuji-Mayi accompanied by foreign diamond-miningexecutives. As Kabila arrived in triumph, a protest march againstMobutu in the capital of Kinshasa, 600 miles away, was broken up bysoldiers who drove armored vehicles into the crowd, hurling tear gasand beating protesters with whips and sticks.Haiti elections denouncedHaiti's opposition parties denounced parliamentary elections as afarce and called on the government Monday to annul the results. Witha feeble turnout - some …