1.   Russian military leaders here decided to permit a large anti-Moscow demonstration in the shattered capital, Grozny.

2.   A U.N. peace mediator resumed his mission in the shattered Afghan capital Sunday by meeting beleaguered President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

3.   As the cease-fire ran out, heavy explosions could be heard south of the shattered capital Sunday evening.

4.   As the cease-fire ran out, heavy explosions could be heard south of the shattered Chechen capital of Grozny late Sunday.

5.   Apart from an occasional shot, a cease-fire has stilled the savage fighting in the shattered Chechen capital.

6.   As the cease-fire ran out, heavy explosions could be heard south of the shattered capital.

7.   Chechen fighters said the Russians had resumed bombing oil and chemical factories in and around the shattered capital.

8.   Government troops and rival Taliban soldiers waged a fierce artillery duel on the southern outskirts of the shattered Afghan capital Thursday.

9.   Hunger has crept back into the shattered capital.

10.   Instead of terrorizing East Timorese, the soldiers gave them sacks of rice and worked to clean up the shattered capital.