41.  This week, separatist forces captured parts of the Chechen capital in an attack that appeared timed to embarrass the president.

42.  Vajpayee accused Pakistan of supporting the separatist forces in Kashmir.

43.  Fighting was still raging Thursday evening in the centre of Grozny, where separatist forces have encircled Russian troops in government buildings.

44.  Following the NATO bombing of a Bosnian Serb arms dump ten days ago, separatist Serb forces took scores of peacekeepers hostage.

45.  Four Russian soldiers were hurt overnight after a skirmish with Chechen separatist forces, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

46.  Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze threatened earlier in the week to use force if peaceful negotiations with Abkhaz separatist forces failed.

47.  Georgia lost the autonomous republic of Abkhazia, located in northwestern Georgia, last September to Abkhazian separatist forces, forcing a quarter million Georgians to flee the region.

48.  Gudermes has been rocked by fighting since separatist forces attacked it on Thursday.

49.  He said the rebels now had only pockets of troops left in the city and that the main separatist force was in the suburbs.

50.  Heavy fighting since the launch of the assault has left separatist forces in control of most of the centre of Grozny.