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November 27, 2003 23:22

• How "mates of Arab terrorists" are killed in Chechnya

  On October 18, 2003, at about 5 p.m., Lom-Ali Makalov, a local villager, was mortally wounded in the yard of his house (10 Verkhnyaya Street) in the village of Kulari, the Grozny (rural) district.

November 27, 2003 19:13

• Conference on Conflict Resolution to be held in Saint Petersburg

  The Institute of Psychotherapy and Consultation "Harmony", Russia, and Common Bond Institute, the U.S., have begun preparing the 12th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution, which is scheduled for May 10-15, 2004 and will be held in Saint Petersburg.

November 27, 2003 18:27

• International "Recognition Award" conferred on Memorial Office in Nazran

  In Vienna, Austria, on November 13, 2003, the activist of the Memorial Office in Nazran Ousam Baysaev was given the so called "Recognition Award", which is annually conferred on human rights activists by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF).

November 27, 2003 18:07

• Discussions about war and human rights

  The project "Work with Russia's Public Opinion to Form the Unbiased and Balanced Appraisal of Russia's Actions in the North Caucasus and Caucasus as a Whole" has been launched by the Memorial Society in several regions of the country this autumn.

November 27, 2003 16:18

• Veterans of local wars: steps toward dialogue

  The initiative group of the "Working Meeting of Participants in the Movement of Veterans of Local Wars" made a pre-arranged visit to Baku in early November.

November 27, 2003 13:36

• "The first Chechen war" began 9 years ago

  At dawn of November 26, 1994, squads of armed opposition, backed up by Russian tanks and infantry, attacked Grozny from three directions.

November 27, 2003 12:54

• Five presidential contenders already known in Georgia

  Igor Georgadze, ex-state security minister, was the last who submitted an application for registration as a presidential contender to the Central Election Commission (CEC), reported the CEC news center.

November 27, 2003 12:22

• International Herald Tribune: "Shevardnadze was a perfect symbol of the illusion"

  "However badly Eduard Shevardnadze ruled his mountain republic of Georgia, and however tardy his departure, he exited with the grace that will allow him to retain his stature as one of the great statesmen in the final chapter of the cold war," writes The International Herald Tribune.

November 26, 2003 23:23

• Candidate for the State Duma from Chechnya Akhmar Zavgayev: "My election program coincides with Akhmad Kadyrov's program by 90 per cent"

  "I think, we all: both western "masters" of political technologies and our leaders are guilty of what have happened in Chechnya, as well as of what is happening in Iraq and other hot spots. Dudayevs, Maskhadovs have plunged our people into a legal jumble, and they will be given the people's appraisal," stated the candidate.

November 26, 2003 19:25

• Criminal investigation launched in Georgia into vote fraud during parliamentary elections

  A criminal investigation has been launched into the vote fraud during the November 2 parliamentary elections.

November 26, 2003 17:50

• Interview with Gersolt Elmurzayev, candidate for the State Duma from Chechnya

  "Taking into consideration a number of national features, I object to the privatization of lands," says Gersolt Elmurzayev.

November 26, 2003 15:32

• Results of parliamentary elections in Georgia were garbled, admitted Shevardnadze

  Eduard Shevardnadze told it in his interview with CNN. But the Ex-President of Georgia did not want to name those people who borne relation to the substitution of the election results.

November 26, 2003 13:45

• New presidential election in Georgia to be held on 4 January 2004

  Deputies also elected Vice Speaker Gigi Tseriteli as Acting Chair of the Parliament by a majority.

November 26, 2003 13:01

• Monograph "Russians in the North Caucasus: Analysis of Transformation of Social and Cultural Status" appeared in print in Rostov-on-Don

  The monograph is devoted to the complex analysis of ethnosocial processes in the republics of the North Caucasus, which are visibly displayed in the field of ethnopolitical relations.

November 26, 2003 10:53

• U.S. Senators urge suspension of Russia's G-8 membership

  The McCain-Lieberman resolution would express the Sense of Congress that the Russian Government's selective prosecution of its political opponents, suppression of free media, and commission of widespread atrocities against civilians in Chechnya do not reflect the minimum standards of democratic governance and rule of law that characterize every other member of the G-8.

November 25, 2003 23:54

• Claim against Public TV Company

  "The director of Armenian Public TV Company has illegally released me from my job", journalist Sevak Grigoryan announces. The contract concluded with him was suspended on July 1, 2003, without any substantiation.

November 25, 2003 22:40

• Armenia hopes for resumption of talks with Azerbaijan on Nagorny Karabakh

  "Armenia hopes for the resumption of talks with Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh, because any military solution to the Karabakh problem is ruled out," said Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian.

November 25, 2003 22:23

• 2,600 people in seven cities signed an appeal demanding decent life for disabled children

  The action was aimed at drawing attention of the public to the state of children with mental disabilities, who are treated with no respect for their rights, and to urge the President to assist in providing the fulfillment of all fundamental rights of these children.

November 25, 2003 19:46

• 17 militants killed during special operation in Chechnya

  Ilya Shabalkin, a spokesman of the regional headquarters on the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, reported it.

November 25, 2003 16:47

• Residents of refugee camp in Maysky village live without heat and electricity

  Over 2,000 displaced persons - 500 of them are children - from the Prigorodny district of North Osetia living in a refugee camp in the village of Maysky still have no electricity and gas.