71.   Chechnya, the breakaway region that considers itself independent of Russia, has been plagued by kidnappings for the past couple of years.

72.   Dagestan, a poverty-stricken and crime-ridden republic near the breakaway region of Chechnya, has been swept by increasing unrest recently.

73.   Dagestan, which borders on the breakaway region of Chechnya, has suffered frequent bombings, kidnappings and other violence.

74.   Congolese soldiers mutinied against Belgian officers, and mercenaries and Belgian paratroopers flew into the breakaway region of Katanga.

75.   Dagestan, which borders on the breakaway region of Chechnya, has suffered frequent bombings, kidnappings, ethnic and religious strife and other violence.

76.   Earlier reports identified him only as Ruslan, and said he was from Abkhazia, a breakaway region in the Caucasus nation of Georgia.

77.   Elders and civic leaders in Puntland elected a new president Wednesday, ending three months of uncertainty in the breakaway northeastern region.

78.   Elsewhere in the breakaway region, Russian news agencies report sporadic clashes between Russian trooops and separatist rebels.

79.   Elections in the breakaway region of Abkhazia led to armed clashes between separatists and opponents who believed the elections were illegitimate, Georgian officials said Sunday.

80.   Elsewhere in breakaway region, Russian news agencies report sporadic clashes between Russian trooops and separatist rebels.