101.   Russian units on the border with the neighboring region of Dagestan were put on alert because of the upsurge in attacks, officials said.

102.   Private Vyacheslav Gubanov was kidnapped in the neighboring region of Dagestan in September, the Interfax news agency said.

103.   Rugova called again for international action to stop the fighting and warned violence could spill into neighboring regions.

104.   Russia entered Chechnya after militants based there invaded the neighboring region of Dagestan.

105.   Russia says it wants a security zone around Chechnya to keep militants from infiltrating neighboring regions.

106.   Russia says its military campaign is aimed against what it calls terrorists based in Chechnya who twice invaded a neighboring Russian region last year.

107.   Russia sent troops into Chechnya for a second time last September after militants based in the territory invaded the neighboring region of Dagestan.

108.   Russian and Chechen delegates meeting in Vladikavkaz, located in the neighboring North Ossetian region, said both sides wanted an agreement.

109.   Russian forces entered Chechnya again last September, after rebels invaded the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan.

110.   Russian troops entered Chechnya in September after Chechen-based militants invaded a neighboring region and were blamed for apartment bombings elsewhere in Russia.