101.   Residents of Vedeno, a former rebel base just west of Dargo, said they heard artillery and machine-gun fire Saturday night and Sunday morning.

102.   Russian artillery shelled rebel bases in Vedeno, Shali and Kurchaloi districts, the official said.

103.   Russian commanders said Monday their forces met tough resistance as they closed in on a rebel command base in the rugged mountains of southern Chechnya.

104.   Russian forces also shelled rebel bases in three other districts of southern Chechnya and four insurgents were killed, the official said.

105.   Russian officials denied the village was attacked, saying their bombs targeted rebel bases nearby.

106.   Russian planes on Friday bombed a suspected rebel base in the Nozhai-Yurt district of eastern Chechnya, the official said.

107.   Russian aviation targeted suspected rebel bases in the Nozhai-Yurt region, and artillery pounded Nozhai-Yurt and Vedeno regions in Chechnya southern mountains.

108.   Russian aircraft conducted intensive bombing of suspected rebel bases in two districts southwest of Grozny, according to the official.

109.   Russian commanders said Monday their forces met tough resistance as they closed in on a rebel command base Monday in the rugged mountains of southern Chechnya.

110.   Russian forces continue to use air strikes and aviation against suspected rebel bases, while rebel hit-and-run attacks and land mines claim Russian casualties daily.