CHECHNYA . . . SOME CALL IT A TRUCE

The tattered truce in Chechnya was extended through Sunday, as Russian and Chechen military commanders agreed to exchange bodies on Saturday. At the same time, gun and artillery fire broke out in Grozny and a surrounding village. Interfax reports that one of the Chechen commanders said that any truce negotiated by leaders was bound to be broken because military authority has broken down even as the warring sides face off within 50 yards of one another in some areas. The ITAR-Tass news agency reported that Russian forces have captured the elder brother of Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev.