1.   Even the Russian-occupied areas of Grozny were filled with rebel snipers, a military press officer explained.

2.   Russian troops scattered to look for rebel snipers as Nikolai P. Koshman climbed out of his helicopter to inspect this battered Chechen city.

3.   Since then there have been sporadic clashes, including intelligence reports that rebel snipers have used advanced rifles and night-vision equipment for attacks.

4.   With rebel snipers on the prowl, head wounds have increased, Sukhomlinov said.

5.   Pulikovsky said rebels continued shooting in five areas held by federal troops and accused rebel snipers of killing eight soldiers Wednesday.

6.   Rebel snipers and machine gunners drove back Russian forces trying to penetrate the village in the Russian republic of Dagestan on the Chechen border.

7.   Rebel snipers are still firing on Russian forces in the capital, Russian military officials said Tuesday.

8.   Budanov says he suspected Kungayeva of being a rebel sniper and killed her in a fit of rage during an interrogation.

9.   Budanov accused the young woman of being a rebel sniper and has admitted strangling her in a rage, but he denies the killing was premeditated.

10.   Budanov has admitted he strangled Kungayeva, but says he suspected her of being a rebel sniper and killed her in a rage while interrogating her.