101.   Chechen snipers were firing from high-rises west and southwest of Minutka Square on Thursday, while federal tanks blasted rebel positions from the southeast, Russian media reported.

102.   Chechens and some Russian media alleged that Gluck, a New York City native, had actually been abducted by forces tied with Russian security services.

103.   Chechen rebels plan to free most of their hostages next week, Russian media reported on Sunday.

104.   Coach Oleg Romantsev and assistant coaches Mikhail Gershkovich and Sergei Pavlov resigned immediately after the match, according to Russian media reports.

105.   Chubais is scheduled to meet with Yeltsin on Friday, Russian media reported.

106.   Complaints about U.S. visa procedures are a common theme in the Russian media.

107.   Confusion surrounded the incident with numerous contradictory Russian media reports.

108.   Details have been trickling out slowly, and the Russian media and public, perhaps inured after years of scandals and corruption allegations, seems little moved.

109.   Dziubak, meanwhile, denied Russian media reports that Ukraine would not grant an air corridor to Russian peacekeepers for flying to Kosovo.

110.   Earlier, Russian media reported that the two had reached a tentative agreement to release most of the hostages.