111.   The Russian offensive shattered a fragile ceasefire that had held for six weeks, and dozens of civilians are reported to have been killed in the bombardments.

112.   It originally had been scheduled for December but was postponed because of the Russian offensive in Chechnya.

113.   Lebed, an outspoken critic of the brutal Russian military offensive in Chechnya, has a reputation for bluntness and is popular in the army.

114.   Lebed arrives in Chechnya again to head off the all-out Russian offensive.

115.   Near the centre, small determined groups, often with only one or two Kalashnikovs between seven or eight men, continue to harass the relentless Russian offensive.

116.   ORT television reported that the Russian offensive against villages across southern Chechnya, some of them full of civilians, was continuing.

117.   Rebel fighters in Chechnya said Sunday they still controlled the presidential palace in the capital of the breakaway republic despite a fierce Russian offensive on the city.

118.   Saudi Arabia urged Islamic countries Monday to take action to halt the Russian military offensive in Chechnya.

119.   Several thousand Chechens, braving a snow storm, Tuesday formed human chains along two highways east of Grozny to protest the Russian offensive on the breakaway republic.

120.   Several thousand pro-independence Chechen fighters are holed up in Grozny and thousands of civilians are fleeing the city in anticipation of a Russian offensive.