91.   A light snow fell across the country on Sunday, hindering voters in mountainous southern regions.

92.   A radio commentator said Tuesday he was released three days after being kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the southern region of Mindanao.

93.   A series of earthquakes ranging from minor to moderate shook the southern Baikal region of Siberia early Friday, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

94.   A policeman was reported shot dead Sunday in Dagestan, a southern Russian region that has taken steps to beef up security along its increasingly troubled border with Chechnya.

95.   A newspaper editor in a restive southern Russian region was attacked and apparently beaten by metal sticks, police said Tuesday.

96.   A newspaper editor in a restive southern Russian region was attacked and apparently beaten with metal sticks, police said Tuesday.

97.   A small sports plane crashed in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar on Wednesday, killing both pilots aboard, emergency officials said.

98.   A group of Russian intellectuals called on President Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday to fire the governor of a southern region over his anti-Semitic remarks.

99.   A Russian police officer died when a federal police unit clashed with rebels in the southern Vedeno region Tuesday.

100.   A newly appointed government negotiator was in the southern region this weekend, raising hopes that talks might advance.