1.  Apparently the Russian attack planes took them for fighters, since they turned up in the woods.

2.  As minister of nationalities, Yegorov was one of the early advocates of the Russian military attack in Chechnya a year ago.

3.  All said they had fled homes in Chechnya and lost family members to Russian attacks.

4.  But the new scheme, it insists, is purely to counter an isolated missile attack from a rogue state, and would be swamped by a Russian attack.

5.  But the rebels are using mines, smoke screens from oil-filled trenches and their knowledge of the city to slow the Russian attack.

6.  Hoping to avoid a Russian attack on their settlement, village elders sought to persuade the rebels to leave.

7.  Last weekend, Russian forces blocked the border, cutting off an escape route for refugees fleeing Russian bombing attacks.

8.  Most people assumed the intensified Russian attacks were an effort by the Kremlin to bring the rebels to the bargaining table well before the presidential election in June.

9.  Rebels have infiltrated the major towns, drawing support from local Chechens, embittered by the indiscriminate Russian attacks.

10.  Rebels have infiltrated the major towns, drawing support from local Chechens who are embittered by the indiscriminate Russian attacks.