101.   Both villages remained blockaded by federal troops Thursday and the fighting continued, Russian news agencies said, citing the military command.

102.   But Chechen rebels have vowed to boycott the vote, saying no balloting is possible until federal troops leave.

103.   But small groups of rebels have faced little resistance penetrating Russian lines and ambushing federal troops and pro-Russian Chechen officials.

104.   But rebels have vowed to boycott the vote, saying no balloting is possible until federal troops leave.

105.   Chechen fighters also kept up nightly attacks against federal troops in Grozny, Interfax said.

106.   Chechen fighters also kept up nightly attacks against federal troops in Grozny.

107.   Chechen residents and international human rights groups, however, report beatings, torture, and killings of civilians by federal troops during their regular security sweeps across Chechnya.

108.   Chief of staff in Chechnya, Gen. Viktor Persiyanov, on Saturday accused the rebels of continuing to attack federal troops despite a cease-fire.

109.   Chechen fighters marched through Grozny on Sunday, parading for the first time since the withdrawal of federal troops was completed at the end of last year.

110.   Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act in reaction to the use of federal troops to patrol the South and enforce the Reconstruction Acts following the Civil War.