11.   He was wearing military uniform, sitting in front of a Chechen independence flag, and looked tired.

12.   Chechens in the ruined streets of Grozny, now decorated with the green-red-white independence flag, are also in no mood for compromise with Russia.

13.   Two green independence flags were raised over the ruin of the presidential palace, where Chechens held out for weeks under massive Russian bombardments.

14.   Other protesters flew the Maori independence flag as some pushed the media and TV cameras away from the main gates of the Gardens.

15.   The green Chechen independence flag with the black silhouette of a wolf -- symbol of the war-torn breakaway Russian republic -- is also prominently on display.