11.   Yeltsin said Moscow was ready to hold peace talks with Dudayev through intermediaries, presenting his peace plan for the breakaway north Caucasus republic Sunday.

12.   Lebed, a strong critic of the Russian military intervention in Chechnya, held two rounds of talks with rebel leaders in the breakaway north Caucasus republic last week.

13.   On Thursday, he had said he would visit the war-torn north Caucasus republic in mid-May.

14.   One brigade of Russian interior ministry troops and one motorised rifle brigade of federal army troops would remain in the breakaway north Caucasus republic.

15.   Russian forces Wednesday continued pounding the village of Bamut in the southwest of the breakaway north Caucasus republic.

16.   Russian troops are also to pull back from the southern mountains to the lowlands of the north Caucasus republic.

17.   Russian forces rolled into the north Caucasus republic in December to put an end to the independence push.

18.   Security chiefs from the Russian north Caucasus republics of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia also travelled to Khasavyurt for the meeting.

19.   The demonstration Friday came amid continuing fighting in the mountainous south of the breakaway north Caucasus republic.

20.   The disease began spreading through the north Caucasus Moslem republic about a week ago, said Lev Gladysh, cited by the Interfax agency.