91.   No one doubts that Chechen independence fighters will make up these units.

92.   No one has claimed responsibility for the blast, although Russian authorities implicated the independence fighters in it.

93.   No one has claimed responsibility for the blast, although Russian authorities suggested the independence fighters carried it out.

94.   Moscow promised to pursue peace in Chechnya on Friday, despite the sacking of its main negotiator Alexander Lebed, but independence fighters in the shattered republic remained wary.

95.   Moscow says this is not nearly enough, but Chechen independence fighters argue that almost no Russian troops have withdrawn.

96.   Novogrozny is on the strategic east-west road through Chechnya, which is used by Russian military columns but swarms with independence fighters.

97.   Russian troops were fighting Chechen independence fighters with surface-to-surface rockets, helicopters and artillery.

98.   Raduyev demanded by radio that Russian troops pull out of Chechnya, where independence fighters have been battling for a year.

99.   Russian troops reportedly attacked Chechen independence fighters in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, as Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said his forces would not advance any further.

100.   Russian forces said Saturday the bombardment was aimed at groups of Chechen independence fighters in reprisal for an attack on a military column.