21.   The spokesman said the martyrs were mostly members of the army, while a few were in the interior ministry security forces.

22.   The vehicles will be used by a Qatari interior ministry force in charge of protecting officials, controlling riots and fighting terrorism, Mana said.

23.   The statement said Russian army troops had been withdrawn from Grozny, now under Russian control, and had been replaced by interior ministry forces.

24.   There was no immediate confirmation of the identity of the gunmen, a spokesman for interior ministry forces in Stavropol told AFP.

25.   To combat them, Russian will retain a large-scale interior ministry force in the republic.

26.   Kulikov warned that these units would be dissolved in areas where interior ministry forces were already present, ITAR-TASS said.

27.   Kakha Targamadze, a general in the interior ministry forces, was named interior minister.

28.   Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Fadeyev, of the interior ministry forces, was kidnapped in broad daylight Wednesday, the agency said.

29.   Kulikov has warned that these units would be dissolved in areas where interior ministry forces were already present, ITAR-TASS said.

30.   Military and interior ministry forces are attempting to trace the men.