31.   Mirzoyev claimed Tuesday that another five rebel gunmen were taken prisoners.

32.   Monday morning, rebel gunmen took up positions on rooftops and dug a trench near the police station as Russian tanks rumbled into Argun.

33.   Of the civilians hurt in the latest conflict, many had been grotesquely mutilated by rebel gunmen.

34.   Of many civilians hurt in the latest conflict in the eastern district of Kono, most had been grotesquely mutilated by rebel gunmen.

35.   On Monday, the priest of the only Russian Orthodox church in Grozny, Father Anatoly, was kidnapped by rebel gunmen, the pro-Moscow Chechen government told Interfax.

36.   On Monday, the prior of the only Russian Orthodox church in Grozny, Father Anatoly, was kidnapped by rebel gunmen, the pro-Moscow Chechen government told Interfax.

37.   Rejecting a United Nations peace plan, rebel gunmen from the Taliban militia Saturday launched a new assault against government positions around the Afghan capital, Kabul.

38.   Pro-government forces held off a massive onslaught of rebel gunmen Thursday in an anticipated offensive near the Afghan capital, a government spokesman said.

39.   Russian and pro-Russian officials say rebel gunmen are using the rally as cover to infiltrate Grozny and build up their forces.

40.   Rebel gunmen had slipped into the city earlier in the week and were fighting for control of the airport and several eastern districts.