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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.

August 07, 2010 14:00

• Protest action is on in Magas in front of Ingush government

  In Ingushetia, the participants of the protest action held in front of the building of the government demand information from the local authorities about the fate Ibragim Tochiev and Zalimkhan Mustolgov, residents of Ingushetia, kidnapped on August 5.

August 07, 2010 12:00

• In Dagestan, fire victims get ready for protest actions

  On August 11, a protest action will be held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, by the tenants of the family hostel in the city of Kaspiisk, which burnt down on July 22. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Abdullah Magomedov, one of the victims.

August 07, 2010 11:00

• Two militiamen shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Tonight, unidentified persons shot dead two militiamen in the city of Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria.

August 07, 2010 10:00

• US DoS positive on Azerbaijan's war on terror

  The Department of State (DoS) of the USA has promulgated its annual report on global terrorism. The chapter on Azerbaijan runs that the country is actively opposing the terrorist organizations, which try to tranship people, money and materials across the Caucasian region.

August 07, 2010 09:00

• Sukhumi-Sochi railway to start in 2011

  As announced by Igor Shuvalov, First Vice-Premier of Russia, in 2011 the railway communication between Sukhumi and Sochi will restart.

August 06, 2010 20:00

• Russia gives 700-million credit to Abkhazia

  The intergovernmental agreement on Russia's crediting of 700 million roubles to Abkhazia was signed today in Sukhumi.

August 06, 2010 19:00

• Armenian NGOs are against Russian schools

  On August 4, in the city of Gyumri, debates were held by the Armenian public organization "Chirac Centre" and the initiative group "We're against foreign-language schools" with participation of members of other NGOs on the amendments to the Laws of Armenia "On Language" and "On Education".

August 06, 2010 18:00

• Resident of Grozny was beaten and detained without presenting any charges

  Residents of the capital of Chechnya report about a young man detained and beaten by power agents. Now, he is still in hospital guarded by law enforcers. This was reported by a source in one of local human rights NGOs.

August 06, 2010 17:00

• In Dagestan, fire victims have to stay overnight in the street

  Residents of Anchikh village, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who lost their houses in a fire on August 5, had to spend their night in the open air. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Isa Magomedov, a villager.

August 06, 2010 16:00

• Nalchik to build a large Islamic centre

  As announced today by Anas Pshikhachev, Chairman of the Spiritual Moslems' Administration (SMA) of Kabardino-Balkaria, a multifunctional Islamic centre will be built in Nalchik.

August 06, 2010 15:00

• Volgograd: ex-deputy Babkin found guilty of paedophilia

  Today the court of the Traktorozavod District of Volgograd sentenced Yuri Babkin, a former teacher and deputy of the City Council, accused of paedophilia, to 15 years of deprivation of freedom in a high security colony.

August 06, 2010 14:00

• Early Christianity church found in Georgia

  Ruins of the church dated back to the 5th-6th centuries were found in Georgia in the territory of Dzabvu village, Ozurget District.

August 06, 2010 13:00

• Influential Georgian businessman arrested in Tbilisi

  Anzor Kokoladze, the founder of the largest Georgian network of electric equipment shops "Elite Еlectronix", was detained on suspicion of appropriation of a huge sum of money through a fraud.

August 06, 2010 12:00

• Unusual children's camp - "Stone Age village" - opened in Rostov Region

  The project "Lost World" is implemented in the Ust-Donetsk District of the Rostov Region by the public organization "Don Archaeological Society". The idea is to study the history by placing kids into material environment of a certain epoch.

August 06, 2010 11:00

• In Dagestan, an ambulance was shelled and robbed, driver wounded

  As reported today by the spokesman of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, on August 5 in the evening, an unknown person opened fire on an ambulance and stole over 1.5 million roubles - the salaries of the hospital employees - out of it.

August 06, 2010 10:00

• UN Court to consider Georgia's claim against Russia in September

  The judicial hearing of the Georgia versus Russia case on application of the International Convention on Eradication of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will take place on September 13-17.