1.   At one point Dostam used fighter bombers to attack the presidential palace and defence ministry.

2.   And elite defence ministry troops were to leave Moscow and central Russia for Chechnya.

3.   Defence ministry sources said an Indian military cargo aircraft carrying emergency supplies was set to leave for Afghanistan on Wednesday.

4.   Earlier this month the Russian business daily Kommersant said Indian defence ministry officials were considering the purchase of a Russian aircraft carrier, the cruiser Admiral Gorshkov.

5.   The separate entities comprising Bosnia -- one a Croat-Moslem federation, the other a self-proclaimed Serb republic -- have their own interior, justice and defence ministries.

6.   The separate entities comprising Bosnia have their own interior, justice and defence ministries.

7.   The troops were deployed at the request of the civil administration to help people in the stricken area, defence ministry sources here said.

8.   The agenda would cover the open row between national security adviser Alexander Lebed and the interior and defence ministries.