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November 07, 2008 11:30

• 13 injured by taxi explosion are still in hospitals of North Ossetia

  According to the latest data, as a result of explosion of a fixed-route taxi in the centre of Vladikavkaz, in the square in front of the "Druzhba" movie theatre and marketplace "Globus", committed on November 6, 12 persons were lost and 38 more were wounded to different gravity.

November 07, 2008 11:23

• Lawyers: appeals of Ingushetian MIA's boss deserve GPO's reaction

  Victor Travin, President of the "Collegium for Legal Defence of Car Owners", believes that the appeals of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia to road-patrol servicemen to "break windscreens" and "shoot at cars" of those drivers who refuse to remove tinted glasses under militia's order is a cause for the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to react.

November 06, 2008 17:15

• Russia: Explosion in North Ossetia

  The United States condemns the heinous act of terrorism that took place today in Vladikavkaz.

November 06, 2008 15:40

• Georgia breaks rights of HIV-infected persons, human rights activists assert

  Today, the capital of Georgia will host a conference "HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Mental Health". Its organizers assert that the rights of AIDS patients are violently broken in the country.

November 06, 2008 15:38

• Hearing at Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13, 2005, events postponed again

  The preliminary hearing at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the events on October 13, 2005, scheduled on today, has been postponed again, because defendant Zuber Erzhibov could not appear to the Court.

November 06, 2008 15:35

• Head of Georgia's MFA calls Medvedev's message to Federal Assembly "aggressive"

  Eka Tkeshelashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, used the term "aggressive" in relation to the message of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, presented on November 5. The head of Georgian MFA has stated it to journalists today in the morning before her working visit to Greece.

November 06, 2008 15:31

• EU: no recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to take place

  Yesterday, on November 5, Javier Solana, EU Supreme Representative for General Foreign Policy and Safety, declared that the countries of European Union find unacceptable "Russia's policy from the position of strength towards Georgia" and would not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

November 06, 2008 15:24

• Three houses of Ingush residents searched

  Raishat Gardanova, a resident of the Pliev Municipal District of the city of Nazran, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that on November 1 her house in A. Archkhanova Street was searched by power agents without any due sanction.

November 06, 2008 15:19

• Terror act in the capital of North Ossetia: 11 killed, 30 injured

  As a result of the terror act committed today in the centre of Vladikavkaz on the crossing of Vatutin and Kuibyshev Streets, 11 persons were killed and 30 injured.

November 05, 2008 23:46

• Beslan Arshba: EU military observers try to get into the territory of Gali District in Abkhazia

  Nobody has ever let the observers of the European Union to the territory of Abkhazia, since they did not apply to the authorities for the permit; and there is no need for them to stay in the Gali District of Abkhazia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Beslan Arshba, head of the administration of the Gali District.

November 05, 2008 23:43

• States to continue dialogue with Azerbaijani authorities on broadcasting of western radio stations

  The USA are seriously concerned of the plans to stop since 2009 the broadcasting of foreign radio stations in Azerbaijan, and are going to continue the dialogue on the topic with the authorities of the country.

November 05, 2008 23:40

• Armenia starts a centre to support victims of trafficking

  Yesterday, on November 4, Arsen Ambartsumyan, Minister for Labour and Social Matters of Armenia, and Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, head of the Yerevan-based OSCE Office, signed a memorandum on mutual understanding named "On setting up a support and resource centre for improving defence of victims of trafficking in humans".

November 05, 2008 12:15

• Court in North Ossetia to consider moral compensation to Beslan terror act victims

  On November 13, the Leninskiy District Court of North Ossetia will consider the suit of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" against Russia's and Republic's Ministries of Internal Affairs on moral compensation to the victims of the terror act in September 2004.

November 05, 2008 12:13

• Azerbaijani human rights activists are concerned with planned stop of foreign radio stations

  The plans of the National Television and Radio Board (NTRB) of Azerbaijan to stop broadcasting of foreign radio stations in national frequencies are another evidence of the intention of country leaders to deprive their population of alternative information sources, human rights activists assert.

November 05, 2008 12:09

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, five defendants from Ingushetia and Chechnya stop hunger strike

  Five detainees kept in the pre-trial isolation facility (SIZO) in Nalchik - residents of Ingushetia and Chechnya - have stopped their hunger strike. This was reported by the Chief Correction Administration (the so-called "GUIN") of the Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

November 05, 2008 12:07

• Levon Ter-Petrosyan: parties in Karabakh conflict prefer mediation of the West

  Despite the fact that at first sight the honour to initiate Karabakh settlement belongs to Russia, nevertheless, the final full stop will be put by the West, believes the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

November 04, 2008 11:56

• Azi Albakov: search in my house was not sanctioned

  The search, which was conducted by employees of unidentified power agencies in the household of the member of the alternative parliament "National Assembly of Ingushetia" Azi Albakov, was not duly sanctioned. The MP himself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

November 04, 2008 11:51

• Reporters without Borders call President of Azerbaijan not to stop western radio stations

  The international organization in defence of media called "Reporters without Borders" (RwB) has called President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev to give up his intention to ban broadcasting of foreign radio stations in national frequencies.

November 04, 2008 11:47

• Maksharip Aushev ceases to own "Ingushetia.Org"

  Maksharip Aushev has stated that he refuses to own the "Ingushetia.Org" (former "Ingushetia.Ru") portal, since the resource, in his opinion, has fulfilled its task. Rosa Malsagova, the editor-in-chief of the website, now living in France, will be its temporary manager.

November 04, 2008 10:52

• Ingush citizens gauge their new President

  The Internet users and bloggers from Ingushetia are actively discussing the meeting of the new President Yunus-Bek Evkurov with the parents of the murdered Magomed Evloev and his first actions in his new position.