101.   Chechen separatists driven out of Grozny by the Russian offensive now regard this town as their capital.

102.   Chechen fighters said Sunday they still controlled the presidential palace despite a fierce Russian offensive that began Saturday in Grozny.

103.   Chechen rebel fighters said Sunday they still controlled the presidential palace in the capital of the breakaway republic despite a fierce Russian offensive on the city.

104.   Despite heavy fighting throughout southern Chechnya, especially an intensive Russian offensive to capture the ruined village of Bamut, efforts have increased to find a peace settlement.

105.   Dozens of civilians are reported to have been killed or wounded in the Russian offensive, but no accurate toll was available from independent sources Saturday.

106.   Dozens of Chechen civilians have been killed in the Russian offensive, which shattered a fragile ceasefire.

107.   Earlier, hundreds of Grozny residents who remained in the city during the intensive fighting of the last two weeks, fled the capital fearing a Russian offensive.

108.   The town has been closed to journalists during the Russian offensive, but Russian television stations Sunday showed footage of destroyed buildings, empty streets and dead cattle.

109.   The Russian offensive followed a night of almost unbroken artillery duels around Shali, which the separatists have declared the focus of their resistance.

110.   The Russian offensive followed a night of almost unbroken artillery duels around Shali, which the separatists have declared the focus of their resistance to Russian rule.