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23:01, 5 May 2004

Armenian opposition demands release of its activists

Opposition leaders introduced the people holding a meeting to main directions of the resolution passed on April 28 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) regarding the internal political situation in Armenia.

20:23, 5 May 2004

Head of Adjaria to make statement tonight

As reported by Reuters with reference to Tamara Gudava, press secretary of the Adjarian leader, Abashidze will speak "about the worsening situation in the region, as well as about the talks that have been conducted during the day."

20:14, 5 May 2004

Direct presidential rule to be established in Adjaria after Abashidze's resignation

The president of Georgia plans to establish direct presidential rule in the Adjarian autonomy from the moment when Aslan Abashidze resigns as head of Adjaria and until a new local government is elected.

19:36, 5 May 2004

Georgian editorial staff of Adjarian television leave workplaces

"We find it impossible to work when women and children are beaten and we can't show it since every step we take is under control of up to 50 officers of special services. The time has come at last when the television will be given back to the Adjarian people," they said.

18:30, 5 May 2004

No police cordons at avenues of approach to Batumi

Edvard Surmanidze, co-chairman of the opposition movement Our Adjaria, told it to thousands of opposition supporters holding a meeting in the center of Batumi.

18:09, 5 May 2004

Abashidze's supporters remove cordon at Adjaria's administrative border

Talks between Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and Adjarian Interior Minister Djemal Gogitidze are expected to take place in the neutral zone in a short time.

17:46, 5 May 2004

Karabakh can be cleared from mines in 5-7 years

For the years of its work in Nagorny Karabakh, The HALO Trust, a British organization, has cleared from mines 524 thousand square meters of land and has neutralized 3,377 mines and 26,396 items of unexploded ordnance.

16:32, 5 May 2004

Georgian leadership expect Abashidze to resign today

"We expect Abashidze to resign already today. Otherwise the opposition holding mass meetings may become uncontrollable, and then developments may not be in his [Abashidze's] favor," Georgian state minister Georgy Khaindrava said.

16:14, 5 May 2004

Oil terminal in port of Batumi, Chakvsky bridge mine-strewn

Both the terminal and the bridge were mined as early as May 1, the source at the Georgian National Security Council.

14:24, 5 May 2004

Death toll from two Chechen campaigns estimated at 25 thousand servicemen

The Union of Russian Committees of Soldier's Mothers gives such data.

13:46, 5 May 2004

No less than 10 Russian servicemen died in Chechnya for one day

The Associated Press reported it on May 4 referring to the Moscow-backed government of the republic.

13:25, 5 May 2004

Abashidze's units stop opposition activists from Tbilisi at Adjarian administrative border

A column of cars with the opposition activists left Tbilisi for Batumi on the night of May 4-5. They want to join participants in the actions taking place in Adjaria with the demand of Aslan Abashidze's resignation.

13:01, 5 May 2004

Abashidze's armed supporters control center of Adjarian capital

The situation in Batumi is heated, buses full of adversaries of the Adjarian leader are on their way from other regions of the autonomy and from Tbilisi to Batumi.

12:24, 5 May 2004

Adjarian opposition demands resignation of Abashidze, two persons suffer from night clashes

A meeting of the Adjarian opposition is continuing in Batumi. Its participants are demanding the resignation of Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze. The opponents of the Adjarian leader from all the districts of the autonomous republic participated in the protest actions all throughout the past night.

14:40, 4 May 2004

Batumi students demand Abashidze's resignation

"We protest against our being Abashidze's official hostages after the explosions of bridges," action participants said.

14:13, 4 May 2004

Tbilisi officials call Abashidze 'madman'

"Explosions of bridges by a madman are not called a conflict, though this is a very complicated situation for the population," Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili said.

13:48, 4 May 2004

Adjarian leader denies Russian general's involvement in bridge explosions

"General Netkachev is in Moscow now," Aslan Abashidze said.

13:45, 4 May 2004

Two caches with mortar shells liquidated in Chechnya

One cache was disclosed near the village of Mesker-Yurt in the Shali district. Besides, mortar shells concealed in a cleft and masked with branches were found near the village of Dargo in the Vedeno district.

12:51, 4 May 2004

Chechen separatist leader does not personally take part in combat operations

Akhmed Zakayev, Maskhadov's emissary in Europe, announced it commenting on the information that the separatist leader had been wounded in Chechnya.

12:35, 4 May 2004

Military disperse demonstration in Batumi

They are using wooden truncheons against the demonstrators. Some people have already suffered. The people have been squirted on from a water cannon.

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