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October 08, 2004 20:26

• Turkish-Armenian border to remain closed

  Chief of the Turkish Armed Forces' General Staff Army General Hilmi Ozkok announced it during a meeting with Azerbaijan Defense Minister Safar Abiyev in Ankara.

October 07, 2004 23:55

• To Be a Chechen: Peace and War Through the Eyes of School Children to be presented in Frankfurt

  The book, published by the Memorial Society and Caucasian Knot Internet media outlet, unites works of Chechen school children devoted to the past and the present of Chechnya and based on the authors' personal experience.

October 07, 2004 23:42

• Jaskiernia's report 'does not represent situation Armenia'

  "Jerzy Jaskiernia's report on Armenia, which will be submitted to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), doesn't represent the situation in the country," Vardan Pogosian, chairman of the Democracy non-governmental organization said.

October 07, 2004 23:12

• Repeated voting 'creates threat of civil war', says Ardzinba

  The Abkhazian president believes the Central Election Commission's decision does not comply with the legislation.

October 07, 2004 22:24

• Azerbaijan defense minister threatens Armenia with war

  Economy is the key argument in a war, and today's Armenia is not ready for a long war, said Military expert Uzeir Dzhafarov.

October 06, 2004 19:27

• Repeated voting to be held in Abkhazia's Gali district

  The Abkhazian Central Election Commission (CEC) has declared valid results of the voting in the presidential election in all districts of Abkhazia, except for the Gali district.

October 06, 2004 18:58

• Chechen president appoints commissioner for human rights

  "I think it's just another "democracy game" played by our authorities. Alkhanov is going to Strasbourg, where the Chechen problem will be touched upon," 54-year-old Umar Musayev, a resident of Grozny who worked in the system of the Interior Ministry in the time of the USSR, said.

October 06, 2004 18:24

• PACE levels sharp criticism at Azerbaijan

  A report made by members of the PACE Monitoring Committee Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel was discussed during the session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg yesterday, October 5.

October 05, 2004 23:28

• NATO seminar in Baku may be frustrated

  The opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party considers Armenian deputies' arrival in Baku for the participation in the Rose-Roth Seminar inadmissible. The Organization for Karabakh Liberation has also voiced its discontent about the arrival of Armenian parliamentarians.

October 05, 2004 22:53

• Book published by Memorial Society to be presented in Frankfurt

  The largest book fair in the world is to open in Frankfurt am Main tomorrow, October 6. Over 6,000 participants from 110 countries will present their products at the fair.

October 05, 2004 22:26

• Ingush refugee beaten in North Osetia

  Now Magomed Khamkhoyev is in a Nazran hospital. Doctors say he is in grave condition with numerous rib fractures, craniocerebral injuries, having his liver, kidneys and spleen injured.

October 04, 2004 23:37

• Maskhadov's capture rumored in Chechnya

  According to unconfirmed reports, Ramzan Kadyrov will present the captured Ichkerian leader to the public on October 5, the day of Alu Alkhanov's inauguration.

October 04, 2004 23:27

• Armenia does not expect much help from PACE in resolving Karabakh conflict

  Both Terry Davis and the present PACE rapporteur on the Karabakh conflict, David Atkinson, are representatives of Great Britain, which is one of the few countries that have recognized Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, including Nagorny Karabakh.

October 04, 2004 21:13

• Presidential election held in Abkhazia

  According to preliminary information, Prime Minister Raul Khadzhimba was elected President of Abkhazia. He won 101,500 votes (52.84%).

October 02, 2004 18:59

• Internal political situation in Abkhazia complicated

  Russian State Duma deputies who attended the celebration of Abkhazia's Independence Day on the republican stadium called upon Abkhazian citizens to give their votes to presidential candidate Raul Khadzhimba in the forthcoming presidential election.

October 01, 2004 21:53

• 70,000 soldiers has nothing to oppose to 1,500 rebels

  "Some dirty game aimed at dragging the war out for many long years is played in Chechnya," Vakhid Salamov, a former officer of the Interior Ministry of the USSR, said.

October 01, 2004 21:11

• UN considers presidential election in Abkhazia illegitimate

  In the words of Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Georgia Heidi Tagliavini, the Abkhazian authorities were illegal before the election and will still be after it.

October 01, 2004 21:10

• Chechen NGO suspends its activity

  Head of the Information Center of the Council of Chechen Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) Taisa Isayeva said the main problem because of which the organization had to suspend its work was the lack of any funds to continue its activity.

September 30, 2004 20:16

• Turkey denies Chechen rebels' training on Cyprus

  "Greek Cypriotes bring such ungrounded accusations and lie shamelessly from time to time. I condemn capture and murder of people," President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Rauf Denktas said in an address.

September 30, 2004 20:03

• Maskhadov's presence among surrounded rebels unconfirmed

  First Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Government Ramzan Kadyrov believes Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov to be among rebels who are being blocked off in the Nozhay-Yurt district of Chechnya.