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August 10, 2010 09:00

• "Armavia" not to fine those who return tickets to Moscow because of smog

  The bosses of the Armenian airline "Armavia" have decided not to fine the passengers who refused to fly to Moscow because of smog there and returned their tickets.

August 10, 2010 08:00

• Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria complain to rights defenders of water supply problems

  Residents of Shordakovo village, Zolskiy District of Kabardino-Balkaria, have addressed the Republic's Human Rights Centre with a complaint against poor water delivery in several village streets. The complaint, bearing 50 signatures, says that Shordakovo residents drink life-hazardous water.

August 09, 2010 21:00

• North Ossetia: private drivers rally against public transport

  Today, drivers of private fixed-route taxis blocked several streets in Vladikavkaz in protest against operation of new buses owned by the administration in passenger routes.

August 09, 2010 19:00

• Ingush authorities refute data about mass protest action in Magas

  Residents of Ingushetia Ibragim Tachiev and Zalimkhan Mutsolgov were detained on August 5 by law enforcers on suspicion of complicity to members of the armed underground, and now operative-investigatory actions are undertaken in their relation. This was stated by Bekkhan Atigov, Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Ingushetia.

August 09, 2010 18:00

• Killer of Vladikavkaz mayor convicted in North Ossetia

  Today, the Court of North Ossetia has passed a verdict of guilty to Inal Ostaev, the killer of the mayor of Vladikavkaz Vitaly Karaev, having sentenced him to 19 years in prison. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.

August 09, 2010 17:00

• Skirmishes continue in Nagorno-Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line

  According to the operative report of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, within the last week the Azerbaijani party broke the ceasefire regime on 97 occasions. The most intensive shelling was registered in the northern direction of the contact line.

August 09, 2010 16:00

• 50 houses burnt down in vicinity of Tbilisi

  In Georgia, in the village of Kumisi, several kilometres off Tbilisi, a fire has destroyed 50 dachas; fortunately, there were no casualties and victims. According to local residents, most of the houses were empty, but some villagers had to stay at night under open air.

August 09, 2010 15:00

• Several terror acts prevented in Ingushetia, state securities assert

  As reported by state security agencies, the explosive devices found in hideouts near Surkhakhi village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, were intended for committing terror acts in the region.

August 09, 2010 14:00

• WCGN apologizes to Ossetians for Saakashvili's actions

  The public organization named "The World Congress of Georgian Nations" (WCGN) has apologized - on behalf of its 420,000 members - to citizens of South Ossetia for the actions of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in August 2008.

August 09, 2010 13:00

• Forest fires catch villages in North Ossetia

  Within 24 hours on August 8 firemen of North Ossetia 27 times went out to fight fires of dead woods, which were on fire in the settlements of Vinogradny, Mozdok, Pavlodolskaya, Prokhladny, Alagir, Novy and Stary Biragzang, Batako, Beslan, Digor, Chermen, Oktiabrski, Gizel, Vladikavkaz, Dachny, Kizlyar and Ardon.

August 09, 2010 12:00

• Umarov's temporary resignation as "Imarat Kavkaz" leader could be caused by health problems

  The last week's information of separatists about Dokku Umarov's voluntary resignation from the post of Amir of the "Imarat Kavkaz", founded by him in 2007, and the same unexpected statement about his return to the post are actively discussed in Chechnya.

August 09, 2010 11:00

• 117 foreigners deported from Chechnya within two months

  In the course of broad-scale preventive actions conducted since June 11 in the territory of the Chechen Republic aimed to check the observance of registration rules of citizens in their residences, 239 foreign citizens and stateless persons were detected.

August 09, 2010 10:00

• Fire in Dagestan could be arson, Moscow believes

  Arson is considered to be one of the versions of the fire in Anchikh village, Akhvakh District of Dagestan. This was stated by Khamzat Bekov, head of the department of federal support of territories at the Ministry for Emergencies of Russia, at his meeting with villagers-victims.

August 09, 2010 09:00

• UN deploys development programme for rural areas of North Ossetia

  In the 18 months to come, the United Nations Programme for North Ossetia will focus on targeted development of rural territories.

August 09, 2010 07:00

• Rally "No to war!" held in Rostov-on-Don

  The rally "No to war!" took place on August 8 at 9:00 p.m. in the embankment in Rostov and was dedicated to the second anniversary of the start of warfare in South Ossetia.

August 07, 2010 23:59

• South Ossetia starts mourning events on the second anniversary of Georgian-Ossetian conflict

  The mourning events that started in South Ossetia at night on August 7 on the occasion of the second anniversary of the 2008 August war will last till August 8. The events began at 11:35 p.m. Moscow time - the moment, when missile shelling of Tskhinvali by Georgia started two years ago.

August 07, 2010 20:00

• Azerbaijan to head Consulting Council of Islamic countries at the United Nations

  As announced today by Sheikhulislam Hadji Allahshukyur Pashazade, chairman of the Moslems' Administration of the Caucasus (MAC), in the near future setting up of the Consulting Council is expected at the United Nations, which will be headed by Azerbaijan.

August 07, 2010 19:00

• All-Russian festival of war-history clubs held in Rostov Region

  On August 7, members of more than 30 war-history clubs came to Azov (Rostov Region) to take part in reconstruction of the Azov siege seat.

August 07, 2010 18:00

• Bagapsh: regular flights from Abkhazia to Russia to start in 2011

  Regular flights connecting Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, with Russia, will start in 2011; at the initial stage, two-three flights a week will be carried out. This was stated today by President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh.

August 07, 2010 15:00

• Till end of October, Azerbaijan to build 1500 houses for flood victims, authorities promise

  The issues of rebuilding the Azerbaijani villages, which suffered from floods in May-June, were considered on August 6 in the city of Saatly at the meeting chaired by Kyamaleddin Geidarov, head of Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), with participation of the heads of executive committees of the Saatlin, Sabirabad and Imishlin Districts.