101.  The military commander of Chechen separatist forces conceded Thursday that his fighters had abandoned the presidential palace in Grozny to Russian forces.

102.  The Russians said Chechen separatist forces also launched attacks near Bamut, in southwest Chechnya, and Shali, southeast of Grozny.

103.  The separatist forces were represented by delegation chief Khodzh-Akhmed Yarikhanov and Akhmed Zakayev.

104.  The rebel leadership has said its delegation has a week to secure an agreement on Russian troops withdrawal, one of the biggest demands of the separatist forces.

105.  The report attributed the document to the federalist Liberal Party, prompting provincial leader Daniel Johnson to accuse separatist forces of planting the report to whip up pro-sovereignty sentiment.

106.  The truce between the Bosnian government and separatist Serb forces, often violated, runs out officially on Monday.

107.  The separatist forces had already announced the shooting down.

108.  The UN Security Council called Friday on Georgia and separatist forces in the breakaway republic of Abkhazia to make urgent progress in resolving their differences.

109.  There were several short bursts of Chechen machine-gun fire at the planes, but there appeared to be no use of heavy weapons by the separatist forces.

110.  The truce currently exists in little more than name, both government and separatist Serb forces have launched offensives in recent weeks.