1.   And the militants, who have been fighting from basements and fortifications in the ruined capital, insisted they were putting up fierce resistance.

2.   Every war has its angels, and some of them live here in the ruined capital of Chechnya.

3.   They suffered thousands of casualties in the course of seizing a ruined capital and chasing bands of battle-hardened militants into their lairs in the Caucasus mountains.

4.   A unilateral cease-fire in Chechnya announced last month has not held, and fighting continues in Grozny, the ruined capital.

5.   Also Sunday, having seen the main Roman Catholic church looted and himself become a robbery victim, the archbishop of Liberia gave up and fled the ruined capital.

6.   As four helicopters flew high overhead, the sun was partially blocked out by black smoke pouring from fires still raging in the ruined capital.

7.   But the government, which holds most of the ruined capital, felt compelled to release the larger notes due to inflation.

8.   Chechen separatists controlled the center of their ruined capital for a fifth day Saturday, driving back Russian troops and withstanding barrages of Russian aircraft and artillery fire.

9.   Col. Gen. Gennady Troshev said the ruined capital would serve as a warning that might deter future moves toward Chechen independence.

10.   Clashes between Russian forces and Chechen rebels in Grozny, the ruined Chechen capital, also continued.