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15:06, 20 April 2004

Kavkaz Center: Abu al-Walid killed in air bomb explosion

The leader of Arab mercenaries was offering a prayer at a mountain base of Mojaheds when a bomb blew up near him, according to the Chechen rebel website Kavkaz Center.

12:21, 20 April 2004

Georgian defense ministry loses control of Batumi brigade

Former commander of the Georgian interior ministry's 25th brigade Major-General Roman Dumbadze told a press conference on April 19 that he "places himself under the full authority of Adjarian head Aslan Abashidze."

12:13, 20 April 2004

Unit commander of Kadyrov's security service killed in Chechnya

The dead body of Artur Murzayev, a special operations unit commander of the Chechen President's security service, was found in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, in the evening of April 18.

19:04, 19 April 2004

Revival party refuses to take part in work of Georgian parliament

Six majority deputies for the autonomy elected in the course of the 2 November 2003 parliamentary elections made such a decision after consultations with their voters.

18:33, 19 April 2004

Hostages killed during special operation in Ingushetia

The military tried to persuade the rebels into stopping resistance and releasing the hostages. After all the means to persuade them into voluntarily giving themselves up had been exhausted, the decision was made to storm the house.

16:45, 19 April 2004

Opposition activists detained in Kalmykia

When three hours passed after the detention, no formal charges had been brought against the detainees and no report had been drawn up.

15:09, 19 April 2004

Chairman of Georgian Central Election Commission to become Tbilisi mayor

Chairman of the Georgian Central Election Commission Zurab Chiaberashvili has made a request to commission members today to release him from his duties.

14:46, 19 April 2004

Abu al-Walid's brother confirms his death

Al-Walid's bother, Bender al-Gamdi, said in his interview with the Al Hayat newspaper published today that he had been informed of the death of his brother in Chechnya. According to him, he received this information from a Chechen, a brother of Abu al-Walid's wife.

14:10, 19 April 2004

Chechen prosecutor wants hard evidence of al-Walid's killing

The office of the Chechen prosecutor has not confirmed that Abu al-Walid, an Arab mercenary, has been eliminated in Chechnya.

13:13, 19 April 2004

Press conference devoted to air attack on Chechen village

The press conference titled "Chechnya, Ingushetia: the Safety of the Population and State of IDPs [internally displaced persons]" will take place at the Independent Press Center on April 20.

12:49, 19 April 2004

Terrorist act averted in Naursky district of Chechnya

Field engineers neutralized a self-made bomb, which was mounted on a railway line.

12:36, 19 April 2004

Local killed in Urus-Martan district of Chechnya

As reported by locals, law enforcers in masks tried to illegally detain the man, but he put up armed resistance.

12:29, 19 April 2004

Picket against war in Chechnya staged in Moscow after long break

An officially authorized picket against war in Chechnya was staged on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow on April 15, for the first time after a long break. To remind, the picket on Pushkinskaya Square has been existing for four years already. Its participants were detained on March 11, the picket was banned, and its organizers stood trial.

11:54, 19 April 2004

Leader of Arab mercenaries in Chechnya reportedly destroyed

The field commander's brother said to Al Arabiya TV channel in El Riyadh, "It is true. We got to know about it already a day ago, but we don't know any details of the happening."

11:38, 19 April 2004

Final parliamentary election returns announced in Georgia

The following political parties will be represented in the Georgian parliament: the ruling United National Movement - Democrats party, which won 66.2% of the vote, and the Right - Industrialists bloc, which got 7.5% of the vote.

11:36, 19 April 2004

Relatives of beaten soldier block highway in Georgia

The people said Beso Kokaya had been beaten four days earlier by about 10 servicemen who then tied him to a tree.

10:45, 19 April 2004

Restrictions on use of arms removed from Ingush policemen

Policemen are allowed to open aimed fire first if there is a real threat to their life in the course of special operations to detain criminals.

17:59, 17 April 2004

Head of precinct election commission detained in Adjaria

Djambul Shaminadze, head of the precinct election commission in the village of Danisparauli, which is in the Khulo election district, was detained by officers of law-enforcement agencies in the morning of April 16 in a hospital ward, to which he had been taken with signs of beating the day before.

17:20, 17 April 2004

New meeting of Armenian opposition in Yerevan

At about 19:00 local time April 16, the opposition staged a meeting on the square adjacent to Matenadaran in downtown Yerevan. About 10 thousand people gathered in spite of the cold weather and torrential rain.

16:37, 17 April 2004

3 policemen injured in terrorist act in Chechnya

When an UAZ car with members of the Russian interior ministry's mobile detachment for Chechnya was moving near the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, an improvised radio controlled bomb went off.

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