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18:09, 12 January 2004

A fire happened in the tent camp of Chechen refugees "Satsita" in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya on January 10. A tent for ten people, which the Batiyev family having many children lived in, was completely burnt down as a result of it. Six people who were in the tent when the fire started had time to run out.

18:05, 12 January 2004

Detention of resident of Roshni-Chu village - details

A resident of the Roshni-Chu village Amagov was detained in his house by Russian servicemen on December 28, 2003.

16:29, 12 January 2004

Abducted Board of Directors Deputy Chairman of United Georgian Bank set free

Information on the whereabouts of the abducted banker was received from the three people arrested in the morning of January 10 on suspicion of the crime.

15:55, 12 January 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili ready to cooperate with Adjarian leadership

He noted that the presidential election had been held on the territory of Adjaria. Both the people of the autonomy and its head, Aslan Abashidze, contributed to it. Abashidze "took a judicious stand" on this issue, according to Saakashvili.

14:48, 12 January 2004

Attack on director general for reconstruction of Makhachkala trade port

Two unknown people in masks, who were armed with pistols, rushed into the house of 54-year-old Magomed Ersalov in the evening of January 9. He is director general for the reconstruction of the Makhachkala trade port.

14:29, 12 January 2004

Abductors of Chechen prosecutors established

Head of the press service of the North Caucasian Police Directorate Tamerlan Kazikhanov reported it on January 9

13:55, 12 January 2004

Militants fired at government buildings in Grozny

On Monday morning, January 12, militants fired at the complex of government buildings in Grozny with a grenade-launcher, a source at the press service of Chechnya's president reported.

16:39, 10 January 2004

The Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights on human rights situation in Georgia

We call your attention to the statement by The Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights NGO. Its authors raise concern about the human rights situation in Georgia after the so called velvet revolution.

14:17, 10 January 2004

Georgian authorities demand evidence of guilt of Kmara movement activists arrested in Adjaria

Otherwise, the reaction to the unjust court decision will be keen, said Acting President of Georgia Nino Burdjanadze.

13:40, 10 January 2004

Representatives of social and political organisations of Abkhazian refugees restart protest action in Tbilisi

The action participants suggest holding elections of the refugees' representatives for the Abkhazian Supreme Soviet along with the Georgian parliamentary elections in March of 2004.

13:16, 10 January 2004

Azerbaijan Diaspora accuses German Sterligov of sowing seeds of interethnic strife

The "Azerros" organization, which unites Azerbaijanians with Russian citizenship, addressed the Moscow Public Prosecutor's Office demanding that the former candidate for the post of the mayor of Moscow German Sterligov be called to account for sowing the seeds of interethnic strife.

13:14, 10 January 2004

Addressed "purges" in Grozny

Russian security agents conducted addressed "purges" in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny on January 7.

19:38, 9 January 2004

Victims of capture of Kizlyar by Salman Raduyev's rebels commemorated in Dagestan

In the morning, thousands of people went to the central park of Kizlyar to lay flowers at the memorial to the people killed by the rebels.

18:42, 9 January 2004

Vyacheslav Tikhomirov: federal forces in Chechnya change tactics of fight against kamikaze terrorist

According to him, a special emphasis in this work will be laid on the disclosure of persons connected with armed units and on the prevention of terrorist acts in the stage of their preparation.

18:00, 9 January 2004

Chechen refugees will possibly be evicted from three camps

The Chechen refugees living in three temporary accommodation centers in the village of Troitskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district, take a risk of becoming roofless.

17:57, 9 January 2004

Azerbaijan Foreign Minister hopes public will be tolerant towards Armenian servicemen's visit to Baku

"Azerbaijan is a member of many international organizations, and it have to be a receiving county for various actions, in which representatives of the Armenian side take part even if we do not want it," he told journalists on January 8.

15:53, 9 January 2004

Journalist Aleksandr Zhabsky continues hunger strike in Volgodonsk

The journalist is going to continue the hunger strike until the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms takes effect with respect to him.

14:45, 9 January 2004

Anapa City Court decided to deport two Turks-Meskhetians

The materials of the administrative case were considered in the absence of the men called to account. They had not been even notified of the time and place of their consideration.

14:15, 9 January 2004

Chechen State Council intends to decide issue of tent camps in Ingushetia before March 1

The Chechen State Council intends to find out what and who is slowing down the process of return of forced migrants to their homes in Chechnya from three refugee camps in the Republic of Ingushetia.

13:50, 9 January 2004

Azerbaijan intellectuals call to hold anti-Armenian actions of protest

A group of Azerbaijan intellectuals calls to hold an action of protest against Armenia's occupation of a part of the Azerbaijan territory, including Nagorny Karabakh. The action is expected to be held on February 26.

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