31.   Many rebels have taken refuge in Afghanistan from where they mount sporadic attacks despite a fragile ceasefire agreed last month.

32.   Military chiefs of the Angolan government and the UNITA rebel movement met Friday for a second day of discussions on implementing a fragile ceasefire.

33.   Peace in Chechnya hung in the balance Sunday as Russian forces blockaded the rebel stronghold of Shali and each side accused the other of provocation despite a fragile ceasefire.

34.   Russian forces report daily shootings, despite a fragile ceasefire agreed between the two sides mid-June.

35.   Russian troops backed by aircraft and artillery launched a fierce assault on Chechen rebels holed up in the southern village of Gekhi on Tuesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire.

36.   Russian troops and Chechen rebel forces clashed Tuesday near the village of Gekhi in southwestern Chechnya, shattering a fragile ceasefire which had lasted almost six weeks.

37.   The Budennovsk drama led a few days later to a fragile ceasefire accord in Chechnya, ending six months of brutal fighting in the successionist republic.

38.   The fighting shattered a fragile ceasefire, brokered by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which had held for nearly six weeks.

39.   The fragile ceasefire is still holding but the two sides have not signed a peace agreement yet.

40.   The fighting shattered a fragile ceasefire which had held for almost six weeks.