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September 04, 2003 14:59

• Georgia refutes claims of Russian authorities about return of IDPs to Abkhazia

  The Georgian Foreign Ministry does not agree with First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Valery Loshchinin, who said that the problem of the return of IDPs to Abkhazia had been settled, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Kakha Sikharulidze said on September 2.

September 04, 2003 14:57

• Victims of explosion in Kislovodsk-Minvody train were hospitalized

  The explosion in the train took place near Kislovodsk at about 7:35 a.m. on Wednesday. Five people were killed.

September 04, 2003 14:56

• Dagestani interior ministry's official was gunned down in Makhachkala

  Salikh Shamkhalov, an officer from the Dagestani interior ministry's department for fight against extremism and criminal terrorism, and his wife were gunned down in Makhachkala.

September 03, 2003 20:17

• Moscow: festival of public organizations is going on

  The aim of the festival show is to demonstrate possible ways of interaction between "the third sector" and executive authority in search of effective solutions for social security problems.

September 03, 2003 20:15

• Security guard of republic's government complex was killed in Chechnya

  About 10 unknown armed people in masks and camouflage broke into one of the Gudermes hospitals. They seized the security guard Aslan Usmayev who was treated there and took him away in an unknown direction.

September 03, 2003 20:14

• Former Mozdok Military Hospital head Artur Arakelyan was released on giving written undertaking not to leave place

  The court made such a decision because Artur Arakelyan's health had deteriorated.

September 03, 2003 20:11

• Soldiers' mothers of Armenia appealed to Azerbaijan presidential contenders

  The Armenian Committee of Soldiers' Mothers made an appeal to the Azerbaijan presidential contenders not to renew military confrontation between Yerevan and Baku.

September 03, 2003 20:10

• Citizen of Grozny was abducted

  Unknown armed people broke into a house on Industrialnaya Street in the Zavodskoy district of Grozny and forcibly took away Ismail Isayev, 1981 year born.

September 03, 2003 18:56

• Oppositionists were dispersed by police

  Azerbaijan police broke up an election meeting held by supporters of Isa Gambar in the township of Darnagyul near Baku on September 1. Gambar is the leader of the Musavat opposition party. Four activists from Gambar's campaigning staff were arrested.

September 03, 2003 18:40

• Round-table meeting titled "Mechanisms of Interaction Between Public Organizations and Law Enforcement Agencies in Krasnodar Region" took place in Krasnodar

  Representatives of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Security Service Department, the State Interior Department of the Krasnodar region, regional interior departments, the Administration of the Krasnodar Region, leaders of public organizations, and TV and mass media representatives took part in the work of the meeting.

September 03, 2003 18:36

• Vice Prime Minister Galina Karelova was asked to remove stains of racism

  September 1 marked the new school year beginning for all children, but children of Turks-Meskhetians will study, as they did 10 years ago, in segregated classes.

September 03, 2003 13:53

• Russian officials urge refugees to return to Chechnya

  The return of Chechen refugees from Georgia to their home country will start at the end of this September, Russian minister Stanislav Ilyasov told journalists in Tbilisi.

September 03, 2003 13:49

• Chechen-Aul village chief was killed in Chechnya

  A group of gunmen wearing masks and camouflage burst into the house of Saipudi Tsitsyaev, shot him dead and fled.

September 03, 2003 13:48

• Regional targeted program for rehabilitation of disabled people for 2004-2006 is being completed in ministry of labor and social protection of population

  As the head of the ministry department Gaidukov said, the program gives more consideration to the improvement of disabled people's environment, availability of social structures, physical training and sports institutions.

September 03, 2003 13:43

• Military departments of Armenia and Germany discuss possible ways of cooperation

  A delegation of the German military headed by the deputy chief of the German Defense Ministry's Department for Armament and Military-Political Problems, Brigadier General Jurgen Bornemann visited Armenia these days.

September 03, 2003 13:42

• Residents of Vedeno region kidnapped by servicemen were found murdered

  Vakha Khagayev, Khasan Elbuzdukayev and Sultan Abubarakov kidnapped by Russian servicemen at night on August 13 were found murdered.

September 03, 2003 13:39

• Some Federation Council members declare for prolongation of amnesty in Chechnya

  "People voluntarily laying down arms will rather trust the security blankets given to them by a legitimately elected president. The results will be more effective", noted Akhmar Zavgayev.

September 03, 2003 13:38

• New strokes in mountain regions of Chechnya

  For the last few days the air forces and artillery of the Russian army have massively struck again the outskirts of settlements in some mountain and foot-hill regions of Chechnya.

September 03, 2003 13:35

• Abductions of Chechen Republic's residents are going on

  Residents of the village of Selmentauzen in the Vedeno region reported that on August 19, 2003 Russian servicemen had kidnapped four residents of the village.

September 03, 2003 13:30

• Azerbaijan Diaspora hold meeting of protest in Moscow against violations of law during election campaign

  According to the meeting organizers' opinion, it was aimed to express the protest and attract international public attention to "rude violations of law by the Azerbaijan authorities in the process of election campaign and mass violations of political liberties and rights of the Azerbaijan citizens."