1.   Premier Vance Amory announced the secession bid this week.

2.   He hinted however that if there was a secession bid, economic pressure would be among the measures applied.

3.   Hundreds of armoured vehicles rolled early Sunday in Chechnya from neighbouring Russian Caucasian republics to crush a three-year-old secession bid by President Dzkhokhar Dudayev.

4.   Hundreds of armoured vehicles rolled early Sunday into Chechnya from neighbouring Russian Caucasian republics to crush a three-year-old secession bid by Chechen President Dzkhokhar Dudayev.

5.   Earlier this year, they shelled government positions in support of a secession bid by a maverick Moslem regional leader whose military campaign against Sarajevo has since been crushed.

6.   On Wednesday Yeltsin mentioned the possibility of self-determination for Chechens if they went back on their secession bid.

7.   Sixteen are being sought by Sanaa to stand trial for their part in failed secession bid.