31.   Russian forces Wednesday used helicopter gunships and GRAD multiple rocket launchers to try to oust the rebels from the centre of Grozny, witnesses told AFP.

32.   Russian forces were ordered into the Caucasus republic to oust rebel President Dzhokhar Dudayev and restore Russian rule.

33.   Russian troops said Friday they had ousted rebels from these sites.

34.   Russian forces Tuesday announced they had captured the neighbouring villages of Goiskoye and Komsomolskoye in southern Chechnya, ousting separatist rebels from them.

35.   The federal command in Chechnya said Russian troops had been sent into the area to oust the rebels from the hospital.