101.   Russian forces began a heavy artillery bombardment late Thursday of the Chechen town of Gudermes where independence fighters had reportedly seized numerous Russian-held buildings.

102.   Russian planes bombed a strategic hill on Sunday outside the Chechen rebel stronghold of Bamut, where independence fighters are holding out among the ruins of the village.

103.   Russian planes bombed a strategic hill on Sunday outside the rebel stronghold of Bamut, where independence fighters are holding out among the ruins of the village.

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

105.   Shali, cut off by Russian tanks to the west and north, is deserted except for independence fighters and elderly people with nowhere to escape.

106.   Suarez said she believed East Timorese independence fighters carried out the attack but declined to say whether the Fretilin guerrilla movement took responsibility for it.

107.   Ten Chechen independence fighters were killed Tuesday in clashes with a Russian army patrol north of the Chechen capital Grozny, the Russian army press service said.

108.   The bloody six-month war between Chechen independence fighters and Russian troops may be close to an end, negotiators said Wednesday.

109.   The crisis ended after the Russian government agreed to start peace negotiations aimed at resolving the six-month war between Russian forces and Chechen independence fighters.

110.   The independence fighters, as well as many ordinary people in the south of the republic, boycotted the elections, saying they were rigged to justify Zavgayev.