11.   There are a couple of practical, economic reasons that Russia wants to hang on to the tiny republic.

12.   Times are far from good here in the capital of Moldova, a tiny republic squeezed by Romania to the south and west and landlocked by Ukraine everywhere else.

13.   Presidential elections in the tiny republic could decide its future and the fate of its federation with Serbia.

14.   A cache of items was also found in San Marino, a tiny independent republic inside Italy.

15.   A planeload of American medicine and blankets arrived Monday in the capital of Montenegro, the tiny republic that comprises Yugoslavia along with Serbia.

16.   Another missile struck a residential district in Podgorica, capital of the tiny Yugoslav republic Montenegro.

17.   Armed clashes in the tiny southern republic have continued despite the agreement.

18.   As Gligorov lay in intensive care, his tiny Balkan republic was trying to carry on without him.

19.   As Gligovov lay in intensive care, his tiny Balkan republic was trying to carry on without him.

20.   But few Serbs live in the tiny republic, and Slovenes quickly drove out the Yugoslav army.