1.   I came to believe them as I saw policemen and unarmed separatist fighters standing side-by-side on the porch chatting amiably.

2.   It has to be admitted that the capture of Grozny by Chechen separatist fighters was exemplary.

3.   Mines in that area, a former stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army, are believed to have been planted by the separatist fighters.

4.   On Sunday, a separatist fighter set off a car bomb at a Grozny checkpoint, killing two militiamen and himself.

5.   On a recent day, the Chechen capital of Grozny was attacked by Chechen separatist fighters.

6.   There, a group of separatist fighters attacked Russian troops in an early morning ambush that reportedly killed eight soldiers.

7.   They lived with Chechen women, were given money by separatist fighters, and were protected from Russian bombing raids by Russian troops on the ground.

8.   Pro-government forces said Wednesday that they killed seven separatist fighters Wednesday in a clash in western Georgia.

9.   Poised for a threatened all-out assault on separatist fighters, Russian troops attacked the main route out of the Chechen capital on Tuesday as panicked civilians fled.

10.   A pro-government militia and separatist fighters have exchanged prisoners recently seized along the volatile border of the breakaway province of Abkhazia, state television reported Friday.