1.   As fighting raged for a third day, Stepashin warned that Moscow risks losing the unruly southern province to the east of breakaway Chechnya.

2.   Even as the government was struggling with its unruly provinces, it sought to impose order in the capital.

3.   On the surface, the sociologist, though well-credentialed as an academic, would seem to have few qualifications as governor of an unruly province.

4.   Since his election in March, Putin has pledged to rein in unruly provinces, which gained broad powers under Yeltsin.