World IN BRIEF : ANGOLA : Troops Capture Key Town, Rebel General
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
At least 200 rebels were killed and a top guerrilla general was captured after government troops drove guerrillas from a strategic town, reports said. Angolan national radio said soldiers backed by armed civilians forced rebels out of Lubango, about 400 miles southeast of the capital of Luanda and site of a government air base. The radio report said Gen. Padrinho Pilartes, UNITA military commander for southern Angola, was seized.
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