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15:14, 17 February 2004

Al Qaeda calls upon Chechen rebels to take part in "holy war" in Iraq

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who leads Al Qaeda's operations on the territory of Iraq, calls upon "all the Jihad fighters" to go to Iraq to wage "holy war" under his command their. He intends to transfer from 1.5 to 2 thousand fighters who stay on the territory of Chechnya now to Iraq.

13:42, 17 February 2004

Cache with great number of ammunition found in Chechnya

The cache contained 132 mines of the 120 caliber.

13:34, 17 February 2004

Abkhazian, South Osetian leaders to have talks in Moscow

Abkhazian Prime Minister Raul Khajimba came to Moscow on February 15.

12:47, 17 February 2004

Political scientist Paata Zakareishvili: Georgian society takes aggressive attitude to South Osetia and Abkhazia

"The new authorities enjoy great confidence and have total carte blanche regardless of how much we criticize them. I hope everything they will do will be under strict control of the West, which will not allow them to move towards aggression," says the expert in the issues of resolution of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

23:36, 16 February 2004

Institute of Peace and Democracy: Azerbaijan authorities persecute political opponents under pretext of struggle against terrorism

"We cannot prevent torture against detainees at the police departments. The Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor General's Office keep on disregarding all the appeals by international and republican human rights organizations," reads the statement.

22:37, 16 February 2004

Leader of Dashnaktsutyun: Karabakh needs to establish dialogue with neighbors

Vagram Balayan thinks that in the context of the Baku-Jeikhan oil pipeline construction, the interested countries may force the Armenian side to accept certain variants of the resolution.

18:15, 16 February 2004

Abkhazian Defense Ministry denounces detention of Russian fishing boat by Georgian military

General Vladimir Arshba warned that if such a situation recurred, Abkhazia would find a way to defend its interests at sea, as well as a way to defend peace fishermen.

17:39, 16 February 2004

Position of Russian Society "Memorial" regarding Russian presidential election

The Society "Memorial" does not back up the candidacy of the present President, and it is undoubted. At the same time, Memorial, as a united organization, does not support election campaigns of the other candidates either.

17:37, 16 February 2004

Problem of oil spills is under discussion in Baku

"Countries of the Caspian region do not have enough resources to prevent oil spills and liquidate their consequences. Therefore our goal is to draw the public's attention to this problem," said a representative of the NGO Crude Accountability, Michelle Kinman.

16:32, 16 February 2004

Trade unions gain court victory over Stavropol administration

A judicial contest between regional budget trade unions and the Stavropol administration has ended with the victory of the former.

15:59, 16 February 2004

Chechen teenager detained by servicemen dies from wounds

Rustam Djakalayev, 1989, a resident of the village of Assinovskaya, was shot down by Russian servicemen in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia, on February 3.

14:50, 16 February 2004

1.3 million Armenians live in Russia, according to 2003 population census

The number of Azerbaijanians living in Russia increased from 340 thousand in 1989 to 620 thousand in 2002.

17:02, 15 February 2004

US Embassy prepares report on situation with trafficking in Georgia

The risk exists that Georgia may be transferred from the second group of countries to the third one, which will damage the country's international image and may reduce financial help from abroad.

17:00, 15 February 2004

Ex-president of unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria dies as a result of attempt on his life

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev died in a hospital in Qatar as a result of an attempt on his life, reported an Al Arabiya TV Channel correspondent with reference to medical sources in Doha (Qatar's capital).

16:56, 15 February 2004

Information campaign on program of Meskhetian Turks' resettlement from Kuban region to US begins

The first meeting of workers of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with Meskhetian Turks will be held on February 16 in the village of Kholmskaya, Krasnodar Territory's Abinsky district. The IOM representatives will inform the Meskhetian Turks about the program of resettlement to the United States.

16:54, 15 February 2004

LINKS director visits Nagorny Karabakh

Representatives of British and American non-government organizations (NGOs) that worked out a joint project to promote the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and to create the atmosphere of trust in the region made a three-day visit to the Republic of Nagorny Karabakh.

23:55, 13 February 2004

Zamoskvoretsky Court to consider complaint by mother of victim of terrorist act on Dubrovka

On February 17, the Zamoskvoretsky Intermunicipal Court of Moscow will consider a complaint by people suffered as a result of the terrorist act on Dubrovka against actions of investigative bodies in the course of the investigation into the criminal case.

23:30, 13 February 2004

New public movement created in Karabakh

Eduard Agabekian, a deputy of the Karabakh parliament, made a statement to the National Assembly. He announced on behalf of the initiative group that Movement - 88 was a new political movement to be formed.

23:06, 13 February 2004

Meeting in Gudermes devoted to explosion on Moscow metro

A meeting arranged by the district administration and leaders of the Chechen regional branch of the United Russia party was held on the central square of Gudermes on February 10.

22:30, 13 February 2004

Azerbaijan human rights activists on lack of freedom of assembly in republic

"Article 49 "Freedom of Assembly" of the Constitution has been suspended in the republic in fact after the presidential election of 15 October 2003 and the clashes between demonstrators and the police that followed the election on 15 and 16 October," reads the statement.

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