1.   Over the last few weeks, the government said it had ousted rebels from their main bases in the southern region of Pool.

2.   A Russian armored convoy sent to the town to oust the rebels was fired on while driving to the hospital, ITAR-Tass said.

3.   Acting Prime Minister Alexander Putin said a new operation had begun to oust the rebels from villages in the Botlikh region of Dagestan that they captured several days ago.

4.   Any village which refuses to oust the rebels will be blockaded, Interfax reported Friday.

5.   But they have stalled in trying to oust the rebels from the Vedeno region in the mountainous south.

6.   But there is a strong fear the battleground could shift to village streets if Macedonian authorities follow through with their threat to try to oust the rebels.

7.   Loyalist soldiers shot their way into the state radio station Tuesday to oust rebels led by Capt. Steven Lungu, who claimed to have ousted Chiluba.

8.   Most of the missions are in areas where paramilitary forces have ousted the rebels in recent fighting.

9.   Russian army and Interior Ministry forces fought for two weeks to oust the rebels.

10.   The Dagestani government, reliant on Moscow for funding, is also firmly behind federal efforts to oust the rebels.