81.   Aidamirov also said he had heard that only four Chechens had been killed since the assault was launched.

82.   Also Saturday, an independent newspaper speculated that a joint Ethiopian-Eritrean force would launch an assault in the south of the country.

83.   Aidamirov also said he had heard that only four Chechens had been killed since the assault was launched, but that could not be confirmed.

84.   An hour before launching their assault, the assailants had called Afzal, asking for information as to which political leaders were attending the parliament session.

85.   As the situation developed in Budennovsk with Russian commandos launching two assaults against the hospital, Russians watched the unfolding scenario with horror.

86.   Earlier reports of Russian troop movement on the Chechen border fuelled intense fears in Grozny that a Russian assault would be launched at dawn.

87.   Earlier reports of Russian troop movements on the Chechen border had fuelled widespread fears in Grozny that a Russian assault would be launched at dawn.

88.   Earlier this week, the PNGDF launched an assault on a disused international airport at Aropa.

89.   The security forces launched the assault once they were certain the gunmen were holding no hostages, the paper added.

90.   The separatists had launched an assault against the town to free two hostages held there.