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January 22, 2004 11:44

• Kofi Annan urges extension of UNOMIG

  In a report released on January 19 that says progress in resolving the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict remains "painfully slow," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appeals to the Abkhaz side to negotiate a settlement with the new Georgian Government.

January 21, 2004 19:55

• Representatives of Chechen refugees meet with Ingush Migration Service deputy head

  As reported by the Council members, the main subject matter of the discussion was the reinstatement in the Ingush Migration Service's lists of those Chechen refugees who have been take off the books before without any grounds.

January 21, 2004 18:46

• US National Democratic Institute changes priorities in Armenia

  The decision has been made to direct NDI's activity towards cooperation with political parties so that to promote their political and social potential.

January 21, 2004 17:31

• Ilkham Aliyev: Azerbaijan reserves right to liberate Karabakh by force at any moment

  At the same time Ilkham Aliyev told that at this point he considered necessary to continue negotiations with Armenia.

January 21, 2004 17:00

• "House of Peace" to open in Karabakh and Azerbaijan

  "Those who will feel a need for peace will be able to come to this house, which will be a kind of cultural center," said coordinator of the NGO Nagorno-Karabakh Committee "Helsinki Initiative - 92" Karen Ogandzhanian.

January 21, 2004 15:57

• Two locals shot dead in Achkhoy-Martan

  Servicemen in masks rushed into a private house and shot down two young people between the ages of 25 and 30 who were in there.

January 21, 2004 15:41

• David Shakhnazarian: talks between presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan lead Karabakh problem to deadlock

  "These meetings substitute the confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan for the problem of Nagorny Karabakh," stated the board member of the Armenian National Movement.

January 21, 2004 15:08

• Georgia investigates swindling with aid to Abkhazian refugees

  State Minister Zurab Zhvania demanded on Wednesday that law enforcement bodies should speed up investigation into financial machinations with issuing allowances to refugees from the Abkhazian Autonomous Republic.

January 21, 2004 14:05

• Competitive program of social projects for NGOs of South Russia presented

  The aim of the competitions is to stir up citizens' activity in the field of finding solutions to social problems and to develop charity in Southern Russia.

January 21, 2004 13:21

• Eduard Shevardnadze raises question about occupation of Abkhazia and South Osetia

  Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze stated that Abkhazia and South Osetia were occupied by Russian troops and called upon new Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili to solve this problem.

January 21, 2004 12:40

• Round table discussion "War in Chechnya: Myths and Reality" to take place in Krasnodar

  The discussion is arranged within the framework of the enlightening project "What Do You Know and Think of the War in Chechnya?" with the support of the Caucasian Knot information and analytical Internet media and the Memorial International Society.

January 21, 2004 11:56

• Results of Georgian-Abkhazian meeting on security matters

  "Having positively assessed the results of the ad hoc high-level meeting of 8 October, the sides agreed to take every measure to ensure the strict observance of the Moscow Ceasefire Agreement of 1994 and refrain from any action, which may destabilize the situation in the zone of conflict and have a negative impact on the peace process," reads the protocol of the meeting of 19 January.

January 20, 2004 23:21

• Chechen field commander arrested in Kemerovo region

  The former second-in-command of the so called "Islamic special operations regiment" under the command of Arbi Barayev was arrested in the Kemerovo region.

January 20, 2004 23:20

• Actions of Soviet troops in Baku in 1990 violated human rights

  The statement of the Human Rights Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences issued on the eve of the 14th anniversary of the so called Baku Events that "by the military incursion into Baku, the Soviet leadership violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as others international documents, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child."

January 20, 2004 23:17

• Electricity disconnections in Bart camp

  The camp is reportedly supplied with electric power several times a day. All the rest time people spend without electric light.

January 20, 2004 20:04

• Problem of supplying electric power to Maysky refugee camp to be settled soon

  Camp inhabitants have encountered serious difficulties since 2000 because electricity supply has been constantly cut off in Maysky.

January 20, 2004 18:54

• Game "Caucasian Youth Movement Under Conditions of Unresolved Conflicts" to take place in Abkhazia

  The number of players will be 40 people, who will form 5 groups. The players will come from Georgia, South Osetia, Abkhazia, North Osetia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Chechnya.

January 20, 2004 18:29

• Iran concerned with peaceful resolution of Karabakh conflict

  Ilkham Aliyev expressed thanks to the Government of Iran for the support it provides on the international level to Azerbaijan's stance on the Karabakh issue.

January 20, 2004 17:25

• Azerbaijan opposition plan meetings of protest

  "Discharge people arrested during October 15 and 16 events!" - activists of the Musavat Party intend to hold a meeting under such a slogan in front of the Azerbaijan Prosecutor General's Office. They are going to protest against the court decisions to extend detention terms for oppositionists charged with the organization of mass riots on October 15 and 16.

January 20, 2004 16:57

• Committee defending arrested oppositionists' rights to send report to PACE on people subjected to torture in investigatory wards

  The chairman of the committee, Vagif Gadjibeyli, says that lawyers and human rights defenders have gathered by joint efforts detailed materials about 40 prisoners, 35 of whom are kept in the Bailovskaya prison today.