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

22.   Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev dismissed it as a propaganda ploy and urged Moscow to withdraw its troops from the tiny republic in southern Russia.

23.   Chechen leaders consider the tiny Muslim republic fully independent and have been running their own affairs for months, while Moscow insists Chechnya must remain a part of Russia.

24.   Chechen officials long have accused Moscow of failing to fulfill its promises to help the tiny southern republic with post-war rehabilitation.

25.   Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev says Moscow is backing the opposition with the aim of bringing his tiny Caucasus Mountains republic back into the Russian fold.

26.   Chechen rebels have vowed to regroup in the hills if the Russians capture Grozny, capital of the tiny southern republic that is fighting for independence.

27.   Chechen authorities, who say their tiny Muslim republic is an independent country, have not managed to reign in various criminal groups active in the region.

28.   Chechnya, a tiny republic in southern Russia, has been running its own affairs since the Russian troop withdrawal last year.

29.   Despite a cease-fire, sporadic fighting has continued in the tiny republic.

30.   Djukanovic wants more independence for the tiny republic from Serbia, while Bulatovic has remained loyal to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.