21.  Nearly all remaining Russian and separatist forces pulled out Saturday from the charred and crumbling city, keeping hope alive that the bloodshed might be coming to an end.

22.  On Saturday, military officials told Interfax that federal troops were fighting separatist forces near the villages of Goyskoye and Vedeno in southwestern Chechnya.

23.  On Monday, police and rights activists said at least five people were killed in Aceh province despite a truce between Indonesian troops and separatist forces.

24.  Russian warplanes and attack helicopters Monday streaked across the skies above rebel Chechnya, while Russian and separatist forces battled again in the capital Grozny.

25.  Separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh received help from Armenia and drove Azerbaijani government forces out of the enclave and also seized additional territory in Azerbaijan.

26.  Russian jets blasted the Chechen capital with rockets early today and troops approaching the city encountered heavy resistance from separatist forces, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

27.  Russian jets blast the Chechen capital with rockets and troops approaching the city encounter heavy resistance from separatist forces, the ITAR-Tass news agency reports.

28.  Russian jets blasted the Chechen capital with rockets early Monday and troops approaching the city battled separatist forces in heavy fighting, a news agency reported.

29.  Russian troops moved toward the capital of the breakaway republic of Chechnya on Sunday night in heavy fighting with separatist forces, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

30.  Russian warplanes and attack helicopters Monday streaked across the skies above rebel Chechnya, while Russian and separatist forces battled in renewed fighting in the capital Grozny.