1.   And Yastrzhembsky said he advocated delegating more responsibility to the Chechen authorities Moscow has appointed to try to restore order in the rebellious republic.

2.   Of the thousands of people killed since Russia attacked the rebellious southern republic a year ago, at least a dozen have been journalists, both foreign and Russian.

3.   Russian troops continued to bomb the capital of the rebellious Chechnya republic Saturday as President Boris N. Yeltsin struggled to explain his handling of the conflict.

4.   A final peace settlement between Russia and its rebellious republic still remains to be negotiated, but neither side has shown any inclination to resume the bitter conflict.

5.   As many as five missiles slammed into an unspecified target near the resort town of Sutomore on the coast of Montenegro, the rebellious junior republic in Yugoslavia.

6.   At a minimum, Clinton wanted Yeltsin to agree to an extended cease-fire in the rebellious republic.

7.   Conflict in the rebellious republic has hampered the inquiry.

8.   Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said last month that a single parachute regiment could subdue the rebellious republic in two hours.

9.   He said Russia would be better off without the rebellious republic.

10.   He said they agreed the rebellious republic should remain part of Russia and that there was violence on both sides.