 World/nation briefs
 03.10.2009 3:59  32 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Eight, Party, Tech, Chechnya, Recent, Typhoon
PHILIPPINES Tens of thousands flee new typhoon Filipinos braced for a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands and suspending cleanup operations in the flooded capital of Manila. Typhoon Parma was expected to hit the main island of Luzon this afternoon. ITALY Rivers of mud flood city, killing at least 20 Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains flooded parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, killing at least 20 people. In some areas, mud reached as high as the door handles on cars and homes. RUSSIA Eight militants killed in Chechnya gunbattle Chechen forces fought a two-hour battle with militants, killing eight insurgents, authorities said. Recent attacks have undermined...
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| Russian forces kill 7 rebels in Chechnya
02.10.2009 15:03 26 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Russian, Chechnya
MOSCOW: Russian security forces killed seven rebels in Chechnya in an operation personally directed by the region's controversial leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen officials said on Friday. The rebels were...
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| Militants gun down Chechen village chief, son
27.09.2009 23:07 20 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: State, Saturday, North, Ministry, Russia, Chechnya
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia - Gunmen killed a village chief and his son in Chechnya in the latest in a series of assassinations in Russia's violent North Caucasus, an official said Sunday. Chechen Interior Ministry spokesman Magomed Deniev said the attackers sprayed Ali Artamov with gunfire Saturday evening in the center of Stary Achkoi. The Interfax news agency,...
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| A look at Russia's violence-wracked North Caucasus
27.09.2009 6:22 32 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: North, Caucasus, Islamic, Russian, Chechnya
- The mountainous regions of southernmost Russia, known as the North Caucasus, have a combined population of almost 7 million and have long been beset by violence, stoked by poverty, corruption, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994. Here's a look at the most troubled republics: ___ CHECHNYA - The epicenter of Caucasus bloodshed, Chechnya exploded into war between separatist rebels and Russian forces in...
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| A look at Russia's violence-wracked North Caucasus
(AP)
26.09.2009 18:20 28 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: North, North Caucasus, Caucasus, Islamic, Russia, Chechnya
AP - The mountainous regions of southernmost Russia, known as the North Caucasus, have a combined population of almost 7 million and have long been beset by violence, stoked by poverty, corruption, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994. Here's a look at the most troubled republics: Czytaj więcej »
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