11.   KLA fighters stood unarmed at what used to be rebel checkpoints throughout western and west-central Kosovo on Monday.

12.   On Saturday, American journalist Steve Levine and his translator Nana Kiknadze suffered shrapnel wounds at a rebel checkpoint outside Urus-Martan.

13.   Still, rebel checkpoints remained.

14.   Still, some rebel checkpoints remained in the area.

15.   The reporters, arriving from the other direction, had to first clear a rebel checkpoint.

16.   Local correspondents, citing witnesses, said the truck was stopped at a rebel checkpoint while other vehicles were allowed to pass.

17.   Rebel checkpoints were much in evidence in Grozny Monday, an AFP correspondent reported.

18.   The airport was closed, long-distance bus service canceled, and with bridges destroyed, drivers risked being stopped at rebel checkpoints as they made lengthy detours.