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12:18, 17 May 2004

Armenian opposition resolute in struggle against 'police regime'

The opposition will hold the next meeting on May 21 and will arrange a number of meetings in the regions before it.

12:14, 17 May 2004

Mutilated bodies of four locals found in Chechnya

The bodies reportedly had signs of cruel torture and numerous gunshot wounds. All the men were finished off by shots in the head.

17:28, 15 May 2004

Historical competition award ceremony to be held in Krasnodar

The award ceremony for participants in the 5th All-Russian Historical Essay Competition for Senior School Students "A Man in History.

17:14, 15 May 2004

Georgia has no plans of military invasion of Abkhazia

It is much more difficult to take Sukhumi under control again that it was in the case with Batumi since Abkhazia is almost de facto Russian territory with Russian passports and Russian rubles as a main currency.

15:39, 15 May 2004

No one to benefit from Kadyrov's death known for sure

Just two versions are considered to be the key ones in President Kadyrov's case. There is a third one though that says it was Russia's military that killed him.

15:23, 15 May 2004

Dyshni-Vedeno residents accuse Vostok special operations soldiers of abducting schoolboys

Local residents have been staging a mass meeting in the village of Dyshni-Vedeno, Chechnya's Vedeno district, for several days. The action was caused by the abduction of 3 youths by officers of security agencies which occurred in the morning of May 13.

14:50, 15 May 2004

Bomb fragment, not bullet killed journalist Adlan Khasanov, medics say

Adlan Khasanov died because fragments of the bomb that exploded at the Dinamo stadium hit him and not from a gunshot wound, a source at the Chechen Health Ministry told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

13:15, 15 May 2004

Armenian opposition resumes meetings

The opposition is going to hold protest actions in Armenian regions during the next week and to organize a march to the residence of President Kocharian on May 21, after the next meeting in the capital.

12:36, 15 May 2004

Alla Dudayeva does not want to be Russian citizen

Her Russian passport will expire soon and she will have to leave a place of her residence for Russia to get a new one, said Ms Dudayeva, who is an ethnic Russian. Despite promised security guarantees, she does not risk this trip, continued the widow of the ex-president of Ichkeria.

12:08, 15 May 2004

New facts about death of Reuters photographer

A Chechenpress correspondent also reports that the 8-year-old girl who died in the 9th city hospital was not a victim of the terrorist act, she had been taken to hospital as early as May 4.

23:53, 14 May 2004

Abkhazian leaders fear of provocations

Republican security agencies report that meetings in support of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili are planned to be held in the Gali district.

23:51, 14 May 2004

Large-scale special operations conducted in some districts of Chechnya

Locals think the cause of such actions is the murder of Akhmat Kadyrov.

22:58, 14 May 2004

Survey: most Russians want governor-general in Chechnya

Altogether 1,526 phone calls were received by Echo Moskvy Radio for 5 minutes of the survey.

22:42, 14 May 2004

Chemical storage facilities serve as refugee center

Several dozens of refugee families from the liquidated Bella tent camp were lodged there last year. But the health of many children deteriorated almost the very first evening, they felt giddy, and their bodies covered with a rash.

21:42, 14 May 2004

Trial in case on murders of policemen started in Makhachkala

It should be noted that rumors about the high-handedness prevailing in the department for struggle against extremism and organized crime have been circulating in the republic for a long time, and the murders of the officers are believed to be the revenge for torture and persecution of Wahhabis.

19:31, 14 May 2004

Armenian opposition refuses to negotiate with coalition forces

Representatives of the opposition stated they considered the dialogue possible only after the authorities took immediate measure to meet the requirements of the PACE resolution.

17:54, 14 May 2004

3 youths abducted in Chechnya

Three cars drove to the house of local residents, witnesses report.

17:28, 14 May 2004

Suspect in Dinamo stadium bomb attack detained in Chechnya

Lom-Ali Chupayev was detained in the village of Alkhazurovo in the Urus-Martan district on May 13.

16:53, 14 May 2004

Memorial, Caucasian Knot conduct PR-campaign in Ryazan devoted to problems of Chechen war

If the functionaries apply so many energies to build up a whole system of tangled and lying calculations, it means they have what to be afraid of and true figures can shock society.

12:55, 14 May 2004

Our Adjaria to be reformed

Leaders of the opposition movement say the movement has lost motivation to exist in its previous form.

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