81.  Chechen separatist forces are now deployed along the Sunja river, the new battlefront between the warring sides, which cuts through the city from north to south.

82.  Chechen separatist forces are running out of ammunition and slowly retreating before colossal Russian assaults, but fighters at the frontline say they are determined to hold their ground.

83.  Chechen separatist forces launched their attack on Gudermes on Thursday to coincide with the beginning of Russian-organised elections in the breakaway republic.

84.  Chechen separatist forces now hold only a few mountain villages and one larger town in the south and west of the Caucasus republic.

85.  Croatia on Monday launched a dawn offensive against separatist Serb forces.

86.  Croatian troops have failed to meet a deadline to withdraw from U.N.-monitored buffer zones along confrontation lines with separatist Serb forces, a UN spokesman said Wednesday.

87.  Croatia is poised to launch an attack on Croatian Serb separatist forces, UN special envoy for former Yugoslavia Yasushi Akashi warned Tuesday.

88.  Daghestan borders the war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya, where separatist forces have been battling Russian troops since last December.

89.  Correspondents also reported that Chechen separatist forces shot down a Russian helicopter gunship as it flew over a village west of the capital Wednesday.

90.  Croatia is poised to launch an attack on Bosnian Croat separatist forces, UN special envoy for the former Yugoslavia Yasushi Akashi said Tuesday.