1.   Authorities said they do not know how many rebel defenders are left in the city.

2.   Authorities said they did not know how many rebel defenders are left in the city.

3.   Russian troops, dispirited by their failure to seize the presidential palace from rebel defenders, appear to be gearing up for a fresh assault on the Chechen capital.

4.   Russian troops, driven back from the heart of the Chechen capital by spirited rebel defenders, rained rockets and artillery shells on the city Tuesday.

5.   Russian troops, driven back from the heart of the Chechen capital by spirited rebel defenders, rained rockets and artillery shells down on the city Tuesday.

6.   Russian troops, dispirited by the failure to seize the presidential palace from rebel defenders, appear to be gearing up for a fresh assault on the Chechen capital.

7.   Russian troops, dispirited by the failure to seize the presidential palace from rebel defenders, reportedly were gearing up Wednesday for a fresh assault on the Chechen capital.

8.   The rebel defenders said they were peppering Russians with mortars and gunfire at the railway station and were holding on to the central market.

9.   The soldiers are apparently trying to outflank rebel defenders at Kilinochchi, the largest rebel-held town in northern Sri Lanka.

10.   Since then, the rebel defenders of Grozny have fanned out into other areas, particularly to Argun, Shali and Gudermes.