41.   About a dozen members of special forces units entered the Al-Aqsa compound but did not enter the mosque, AFP correspondents reported.

42.   AFP correspondents reported that despite the shelling Russian territorial gains remained limited, and that the intervention forces had still not managed to seal off the capital.

43.   AFP correspondents reported that Russian troops, who began an all-out assault on Grozny Saturday, had resumed their shelling of the capital Monday morning.

44.   After troops opened fire on rioters at the check point, Palestinian police, Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers became embroiled in prolonged exchanges of fire, correspondents reported.

45.   AFP correspondents reported from Grozny that Russian warplanes had again bombed a residential district in downtown Grozny late Saturday.

46.   An AFP correspondent also reported continuing air and artillery strikes around the southeastern villages of Benoi, Belgatoi and Dargo, near Vedeno.

47.   An AFP correspondent reported fighting between police and nationalists at the front of the crowd.

48.   An AFP correspondent reported Friday that the village of Vedeno was also surrounded by Russian troops.

49.   An AFP correspondent reported that Grozny was quiet Thursday after the expiry of the ultimatum for civilians to leave.

50.   An AFP correspondent Tuesday reported Chechen forces in control of a hill overlooking Bamut and surrounding villages, and that these positions were attacked by Russian helicopters and artillery.