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April 28, 2004 14:03

• Terrorist suspects report on torture against them

  Aliaskhab from the village of Miatli was tortured by putting ice on his head, which created a center of brain fever, he said. Aliaskhab went mad after it, and blew up himself when he was set free. The mother of Khanali Umakhanov asserts that her son lost his reason not having stood the torture which he was subjected to during the investigation.

April 28, 2004 12:59

• New houses for refugees to be built in Ingushetia

  The Swiss Government will continue to finance the project on the construction of houses for Ingush refugees from the Chechen Republic.

April 28, 2004 12:20

• Adjarian Women's Association stages rally in Batumi

  Action participants demanded that "the state of emergency and curfew on the territory of the autonomy be immediately canceled."

April 28, 2004 11:58

• Adjarian envoy explains Abashidze's mobilization decree

  Adjarian Prime Minister Rostom Dzhaparidze will be responsible for overall coordination of the security councils' operations.

April 28, 2004 11:44

• On-line center for NGOs opens in Azerbaijan

  The launching of the website of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will give transparency to their work, noted head of the Center for Humanitarian Studies Avaz Gasanov.

April 28, 2004 11:15

• Azerbaijan opposition leaders to go on trial in May

  Rauf Arifoglu has announced the investigative bodies have no proofs of his guilt. Statements, according to the editor-in-chief, "were obtained under torture, and those who made them repudiated them later in a written form.

April 28, 2004 11:10

• Armenian parliament passes law on meetings in second reading

  90% of proposals forwarded after the first reading were adopted, said Minister of Justice David Arutyunian, who presented the law.

April 27, 2004 23:50

• Akhmat Kadyrov lays strictures on Commission for Payment of Compensations for Lost Housing and Property

  The president of Chechnya warned functionaries against practicing extortion towards this group of people.

April 27, 2004 20:39

• Abashidze's press service denies statements on total mobilization in Adjaria

  "Mr. Abashidze signed no mobilization orders," deputy head of the press service Zurab Khoperia said.

April 27, 2004 20:13

• Chechen president's security service: Ramzan Kadyrov 'is safe and sound'

  Many people in the republic believe the fact that Ramzan Kadyrov has not responded for several days to the reports of him being wounded is evidence of the version that the incident took place nevertheless.

April 27, 2004 19:03

• Abkhazia ready for provocations during Georgian military exercises

  There is no need for the Abkhazian army to go on higher state of alert because of the exercises, Deputy Defense Minister of Abkhazia Garri Kupalba said.

April 27, 2004 18:38

• Rebels open fire on helicopter in Chechnya

  The vehicle was seriously damaged and force-landed in the area of the Vedeno village.

April 27, 2004 18:10

• Clashes between Azerbaijanians and Armenians in Teheran

  Many Azerbaijan organizations in Iran have denounced the authorities of this country for lending support to the Armenians and blamed official Teheran for the incident.

April 27, 2004 17:20

• Armenian opposition stop dialogue with power

  "It is essential for the talks that both the sides have good will. But the ruling coalition doesn't have it, therefore we find it pointless to continued the dialogue," secretary of the opposition parliamentary faction Justice Viktor Dallakian said.

April 27, 2004 16:51

• Russians arrested in Qatar recognize man who tortured them

  Russians who are charged with the murder recognized a man who had tortured them during the preliminary investigation in a witness for the prosecution.

April 27, 2004 15:58

• Officer of republican interior ministry killed in Chechnya

  Gunmen in masks and camouflage uniforms opened fire from automatic weapons on Senior Lieutenant Khamid Khadzhiyev when he was going home from work.

April 27, 2004 15:08

• Georgia: military and civilian liquidators of Chernobyl disaster demand unified benefits

  Over 2,000 Georgian citizens took part in the liquidation of the emergency at the Chernobyl atomic station, reported chairman of the Association of Georgian Chernobyl People Vazha Chaduneli. More than 1,000 of them are disabled now.

April 27, 2004 13:34

• Followers of Zviad Gamsakhurdia surrender to Georgian authorities

  Zardania's group has delivered a large amount of weapons to the law-enforcement agencies in exchange for the exemption from criminal prosecution.

April 27, 2004 12:40

• Discussion 'Transparent Power - Active Citizens' to take place in Krasnodar

  Galina Ryzhkova, chairwoman of the regional committee on culture, sport, information policy and public associations, will be a speaker at the meeting.

April 26, 2004 19:49

• Security reinforced on administrative border between Georgia and Adjaria

  The Georgian side has shifted units of the country's interior troops and military equipment there on April 26.