41.   Chechen separatists said the assassination bid was set up by Moscow hardliners who wanted a resumption in fighting in the breakaway Caucasus republic.

42.   Chechen separatists said the Russian presidential election could go ahead in Chechnya Sunday for the Russians living in Chechnya and the Russian soldiers deployed in the republic.

43.   Chechen separatists said they would abide by a ceasefire accord due to come into force at noon Wednesday despite Russian denials of such an agreement.

44.   Chechen separatists said Friday they had taken the building housing the pro-Russian Chechen government and the nearby interior ministry building in Grozny, the Interfax news agency reported.

45.   Chechen separatists said Friday that they had taken the building housing the pro-Russian Chechen government and the interior ministry building in Grozny, the Interfax news agency reported.

46.   Exiled East Timor separatists have said they are ready to discuss an autonomy statute with Indonesian authorities ahead of holding a referendum on independence.

47.   The separatists had initially said they would field a single candidate, but were unable to reach agreement on who that should be.

48.   The separatists said they seized Gudermes to stop the Moscow-organised elections in which Zavgayev was the only serious candidate.

49.   The separatists said those responsible for violating a ceasefire signed on Thursday in the breakaway republic were a renegade group not controlled by the separatist leadership.

50.   The Russian delegation said they would only permit the unit one weapon per soldier -- the total number of weapons the separatists said they had.