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

32.   Djukanovic has criticized Milosevic in the past, demanding more independent status for his tiny republic and enhanced cooperation with the West.

33.   EU officials are urging Djukanovic to postpone an independence referendum in his tiny republic, which has been scheduled for late spring.

34.   EU officials are urging Djukanovic to postpone an independence referendum in his tiny republic.

35.   Fighting persisted in the tiny southern republic.

36.   Having its own airline could deepen the economic gap between this tiny coastal republic and its big neighbor, Serbia.

37.   He also plans to meet the leaders and bishops of the tiny former Yugoslav republic.

38.   He told the Security Council the army could be withdrawn from around Grozny to other points inside the tiny Muslim republic in southern Russia.

39.   His trip followed earlier talks Saturday and Sunday in Ingushetia, a tiny republic bordering on Chechnya.

40.   Ingush Vice President Boris Agapov told a news conference in Moscow on Wednesday that his tiny republic is overwhelmed with refugees, and warned of growing regional tensions.