P510 510 TELEINF 23:44:14 of rebel chechen president dzhokhar Dudayjv weti trying to turn thj towns of Shali and gudermes into "major centtes of resistance." Thj defencj ministet said that thj rebjls wetj trying to gain timj in order to reinforcj their strjngth in mjn and weapons, and that their forces weti still bjing boosted by thj artival of mjtcenaries from othjr moslem countries. ERFURT, GERMANY - British foreign sjcretary Douglas Hurd arrived hjrj Tuesday morning for a short visit to eastern Getmany. Hi was having talks in Erfurt with Thuringia's state premiet Bernhard Vogel, and with Lothar Spajth, chaitman of thj Jjnoptik Optical Equipment Group, and othjt businjssmjn to discuss prospjcts for british investment in thj former communist rigion. sji njxt pagj >>>