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11:03, 19 November 2003

Federals announce possible annihilation of Abu al-Walid

An Arab gangster has been killed in the Vedeno district of Chechnya. Perhaps, this is Abu al-Walid, a notorious mercenary terrorist. Three million rubles were promised for help in arresting him.

23:59, 18 November 2003

Supporters of authorities replaced radical opposition on square in front of parliament in Georgia

The meeting in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi will be apparently a long-term one. Now people supporting the constitutional system and protesting against the authorities' forced dismissal are gathered their.

23:58, 18 November 2003

Conference on Chechnya took place in Boston

The conference "Humane Catastrophe in Chechnya and Ways to Achieve Peace" was held at Boston University on November 14 and 16.

18:29, 18 November 2003

Process of establishing UN Civilian Police in security zone adjourned

This was caused by the letter addressed to the Abkhazian parliament by officers of the law-enforcement agencies of Abkhazia's Gali region. The authors of the letter raise their concern about and negative attitude towards the intention to establish UN Civilian Police in the region.

18:21, 18 November 2003

Statement of Chechen NGOs in Azerbaijan

On November 15, 2003, members of the Council of NGOs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Azerbaijan made a statement welcoming the verdict of London's Magistrates' Court, which rejected a bid to extradite Akhmed Zakayev - a representative of the Chechen president - to the Russian Federation.

16:58, 18 November 2003

President Shevardnadze: closure of Soros Foundation in Georgia not excluded

"Mr. Soros decided to seriously interfere in the political affairs in Georgia, but it is not his business," stated Shevardnadze.

16:08, 18 November 2003

Professor Alan Chochiev articled in North Osetia for kindling interethnic strife

The criminal action against Alan Chochiev was caused by his open letter in which he asked to condemn Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze for "carrying out a pro-fascist policy raised to the state level in the republic."

15:03, 18 November 2003

First Youth Forum took place

The forum "Young People of Kuban. The Present and the Future" was conducted at the Krasnodar Exhibition Center on November 14. Establishments and youth public organizations, institutions of higher and specialized secondary education, and charitable foundations from 48 municipal areas of the territory participated in the forum.

14:13, 18 November 2003

Political forum against actions of radical opposition to be held in Tbilisi

The action is to take place simultaneously at the Sport Palace, at the City Philharmonic Hall, at Tbilisi's theatres and houses of culture.

13:49, 18 November 2003

Mikhail Saakashvili : "People of Georgia will peacefully march to the State Chancellery"

"We will peacefully march to the State Chancellery as no law forbids us to hold a meeting near this building," said the leader of the radical Georgian opposition.

12:52, 18 November 2003

Chechen Cultural and Social Center in Ufa preparing for Festival of People's Friendship

The Chechen Cultural and Social Center "Bart" (Agreement) has been successfully functioning in Ufa, Bashkorstan's capital, for 8 years. This public organization headed by Vom-Ali Israilov works to make the lives of more than one and a half thousand Chechens in Bashkorstan a little bit more interesting and diverse.

12:44, 18 November 2003

60th anniversary of Turks-Meskhetians' deportation by Stalin commemorated in Krasnodar Territory

Co-Chairs of the Society for Kuban-Turkish-Meskhetian Friendship Tamara Karastilyova and Sarvar Tedorov announced that an exhibition of documents and photos is to open in Moscow in mid December and hearings on the discrimination of the Turks-Meskhetians in Krasnodar Territory are also to be held at that time.

11:51, 18 November 2003

Aslan Maskhadov plans to set up "Independent Mountainous Ichkeria"

It was reported by a spokesman of the regional headquarters on the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus Colonel Ilya Shabalkin.

22:41, 17 November 2003

First meeting of discussion club in Stepanakert

Politicians in the Republic of Nagorny Karabakh believe the negotiation process should be resumed, with Karabakh being its obligatory participant and the Republic of Nagorny Karabakh being recognized as a part in the conflict.

19:17, 17 November 2003

New assault against Open Society Institute in Moscow

Unknown people reportedly attacked the Foundation's guard at about 10:50 p.m. Moscow time. Four security guards suffered as a result and were taken to the Sklifosofsky Institute of Emergency Care.

18:59, 17 November 2003

Supreme Court of Azerbaijan reduced convicts' sentences

On November 14, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan reduced sentences of Alikram Aliyev, leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, and Jabrail Alizade, chair of the Union of Baku and Baku Villages.

17:53, 17 November 2003

Murder of refugee in Ingushetia

On November 8, the body of Imran Kagirov was found on a bank of the Sunzha River near the Ingush village of Barsuki. Imran had been a 1972-year born displaced person from Chechnya; he had lived in the place of IDPs' compact residence in the Nasir-Kort settlement, Nazran.

15:46, 17 November 2003

Institute of Peace and Democracy about tasks of democratic public organizations

We call your attention to the statement by Leyla Yunus, director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy.

14:47, 17 November 2003

Vladikavkaz: attempt on candidate for Russian State Duma elections

Since September 30, human rights activist Ruslan Makayev has been advocating constitutional rights of the officers of law-enforcement structures as leader of the public organization "Law Is Superior to Power".

14:27, 17 November 2003

National Movement leader Mikhail Saakashvili: 2-thousand contingent of Adjarian police to be shifted to Tbilisi

"Two thousand Adjarian police in mufti are about to arrange provocations in the places where the opposition holds meetings against the official authorities," announced Mikhail Saakashvili.

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