11.   Another two Russian policemen were killed Monday in an ambush in the Urus-Martan district, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

12.   Chechen officials handed over three kidnapped Russian policemen in exchange for the release of three Chechens, the ITAR-Tass news agency said Monday.

13.   Chechen rebels ambushed a patrol car, killing three Russian policemen and wounding two others in eastern Chechnya, a Russian official said Saturday.

14.   Five Russian policemen were shot and killed Sunday in Dagestan by gunmen who opened fire from across the border with neighboring Chechnya, a police official said.

15.   Five Russian policemen were shot and killed Sunday in Dagestan by gunmen who are believed to have come across the border from neighboring Chechnya, police said.

16.   Four Russian policemen were killed Tuesday by unidentified gunmen near the breakaway republic of Chechnya in the latest violent incident in the volatile region, officials said Tuesday.

17.   In one of the shootouts, rebels shot and killed two Russian policemen guarding a marketplace in the town of Shali.

18.   In the latest incident, one Russian policeman was killed and two others badly wounded at a roadblock Sunday night on the border between Chechnya and neighboring Dagestan.

19.   On Friday, three Russian policemen seized by attackers during those clashes were released in exchange for medicine, Interfax said.

20.   One Russian policeman was killed and three more were wounded.