1.   Although the circumstances remained murky, the Chechen leadership now running the breakaway territory announced arrests in the ICRC killings.

2.   Russia, for all the cruelty of its assault on Chechnya, did not conduct a genocidal campaign in the breakaway territory.

3.   A member of the Russian government mission in Chechnya has been kidnapped in the breakaway southern territory, officials said Wednesday.

4.   A member of the Russian government mission in Chechnya was kidnapped in the breakaway southern territory after attending a public rally featuring security officers, officials said Wednesday.

5.   Chechen kidnappers beheaded four foreign hostages because they feared capture and wanted to prevent their victims from serving as witnesses, an official in the breakaway territory said today.

6.   Chechen kidnappers beheaded the four foreign hostages because they feared capture and wanted to prevent their victims from serving as witnesses, an official in the breakaway territory said.

7.   China considers Taiwan a breakaway territory and is seeking to sway its allies in the Caribbean.

8.   Chechen kidnappers beheaded four foreign hostages because they feared capture and wanted to prevent their victims from serving as witnesses, an official in the breakaway territory said Wednesday.

9.   In an effort to rein a renegade warlord, Chechen prosecutors on Thursday sent a slander case against him to the Islamic courts in the breakaway territory.

10.   Moscow and the regions that border Chechnya, have struggled to develop a clear policy toward the breakaway territory ever since.