81.   Meanwhile Friday, federal jets kept up bombing raids near the border between Chechnya and the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan, where rebels have attacked federal troops.

82.   Meanwhile, ethnic tensions mounted in neighboring regions of the North Caucasus.

83.   Meanwhile, men, women and children clasped hands along the road through Chechnya and the neighboring regions of Dagestan to the east and Ingushetia to the west.

84.   Many in the EU see Kaliningrad as a test of the impact expansion would have on neighboring regions and Russia overall.

85.   Miners from neighboring regions said they would join in to seal off the alternate route starting Wednesday, effectively cutting train movement between Moscow and the east.

86.   Meanwhile, Chechen investigators searching for kidnapped Russian envoy Valentin Vlasov said they believe he is being kept in a village near the neighboring region of Ingushetia.

87.   Meanwhile, Russian officials continued to argue whether they could use force to stop a wave of kidnappings and other crime spilling from Chechnya into neighboring regions.

88.   Military officials from Romania and the United States inaugurated an air surveillance center which covers air spaces in Romania and neighboring regions, a military official said Thursday.

89.   NATO began its promised expanded attacks on Serb units allegedly forcing ethnic Albanians out of Kosovo, and the refugee flow threatened Monday to plunge neighboring regions into chaos.

90.   NATO began its promised expanded attacks on Serb units allegedly driving out ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, threatening Monday to plunge neighboring regions into chaos.