1.   A grim President Boris Yeltsin convened his powerful Security Council in the Kremlin and berated top officials for allowing the rebels to penetrate the city.

2.   A top Russian official had harshly criticized government forces for allowing the rebels to penetrate the city, but a Russian general praised the troops for repelling the attack.

3.   A top Russian official on Monday harshly criticized government forces for allowing the rebels to penetrate the city.

4.   However, rebels have never penetrated the U.S. encampment in the middle of the sprawling Larandia army base, a spokeswoman for the Colombian army said.

5.   Last week, rebels penetrated a high security electric generating station in Colombo and exploded six small time bombs, causing little damage.

6.   While defending his government today, Yeltsin sharply criticized the ministers of defense, state security and interior for letting Chechen rebels penetrate the border and seize hostages.

7.   Russians were dumbfounded when Chechen rebels freely penetrated what was meant to be a heavily guarded border on their raid into neighbouring Dagestan.