| VLADIKAVKAZ - A fierce battle between Chechen rebels and Russian troops raged into its second day Saturday — leaving six servicemen dead. A convoy of Russian troops accompanied by pro-Moscow Chechen police was ambushed in the town of Argun at about 4 p.m. Friday, Russian military headquarters in Chechnya said. The headquarters said the attack was repulsed, but an official in Chechnya's Justice Ministry said that the battle continued Saturday. The official saidthe Russian military sent reinforcements from the military base of Khankala. |