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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: BATTLE FOR GROZNY CONTINUES
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Russian reinforcements moved towards the Chechen capital Grozny Tuesday, after Moscow's tanks were forced to retreat by outgunned and outnumbered Chechen soldiers.
Russian warplanes again pounded the city, as a top aide to...
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Minutes silence in Moscow for NY. DC victims
1. Pull out of Spassky Gate clock tower striking noon to wide of Red Square
2. Mid shot US flag flying at half mast
3. People standing during one minute silence
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Anatoly, Vox Pop
"So many people died, we have...
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INGUSHETIA: REFUGEES FLEE CAMPS
Russian/Nat
As Chechen rebels and the Russian Army fight it out for control of the Chechen capital Grozny, almost a thousand refugees are trying leave the camps in neighbouring Ingushetia.
Old men and women with babies are willing to...
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RUSSIA: PARATROOPERS KILLED IN CHECHNYA: FUNERALS (2)
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The memorial service and funerals of Russian paratroopers killed in Chechnya are being held on Tuesday.
84 elite paratroopers died in the battle in Ulus-Kert ten days ago.
A day of mourning has been declared in the Pskov...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: CIVILIANS
Russian/Nat
As Russian troops close in on the Chechen capital Grozny, life for Chechens in the Russian controlled areas is grim.
With supply routes cut off, the villagers have little food and the influx of refugees has made the...
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WRAP Adds EU bite to World Chechen Congress meeting
1. Various interiors of conference
2. Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Akhmed Zakayev
3. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Akhmed Zakayev, Deputy Prime Minister of Chechen Republic (translated into English by Ousman Ferzaouli, official Chechen...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS
Russian/Nat
With Russian tanks and troops closing in on their capital, Chechen leaders began talks Monday with Moscow over who will control the breakaway republic.
Russian representatives met a Chechen delegation in Vladikavkaz, the...
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Mourners leave flowers for shot officer who killed Chechen girl
1. Various of couple laying flowers at site where disgraced former colonel Yuri Budanov was killed on Friday
2. Close-up of flowers
3. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Lyubov Yarovaya, vox pop:
"I came here because I am a Russian citizen. My...
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CHECHNYA: GOYSKOYE: BURIAL OF CHECHEN REBELS
Russian/Nat
Russian soldiers have handed over the bodies of 60 Chechens killed in fighting over the last month near the village of Komsomolskoye, south of Grozny.
Relatives and friends gathered to identify and bury the corpses- many...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: LATEST SITUATION
Nat/Sot
Russian troops ended a second week of their assault on rebel Chechnya's capital with crushing rocket and artillery attacks Friday, but Chechen forces held onto key
positions in the shattered city.
For days, Russian troops have...
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Georgian army prepares for US personnel
1. Georgian Army base gates
2. Georgian coat of arms on the wall
3. Various of Georgian army unit running with their guns
4. Officer talks to soldiers
5. Georgian Army emblem
6. Soldiers listening
7. Various of training exercise in...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN PM CHERNOMYRDIN AGREES TO PEACE TALKS
Russian/Nat
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has agreed to taking part in peace talks with the Chechen rebels but when and where depends on the progress his negotiators in Grozny make.
The second round of talks stalled on...
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Chechnya - New Year celebrations
Chechnya's first peaceful New Year after almost two years of conflict brought residents out into Tuesday night's (31/12) cold to celebrate in traditional noisy fashion.
Almost 500 people gathered in the main square of Grozny, capital of...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: BATTLE RAGES ON
Russian/Nat
As the ferocious battle for control of the Chechen capital, Grozny, rages on, Russian forces claim to have captured the Presidential building and other key sites and installations.
That hasn't been confirmed, nor is there...
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RUSSIA: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FISCHER VISIT
German/Eng/Nat
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer flew into Moscow late on Thursday for a series of meetings expected to focus on Russia's military operation in Chechnya.
Fischer arrived in Moscow on the same day as Italian...
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RUSSIA: TIGHTENED SECURITY PRE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Russian/Nat
Authorities say security was tightened throughout Russia on Saturday ahead of the Presidential Elections on Sunday.
Officials say the risk of terrorist attacks is high - with the Chechen rebels singled out as potential...
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Radical who fought in Afghanistan warns US of Yemen resistance
San''a, 10 January 2010
1. Wide of old city
2. Various of market place
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Mohammed Omar, Yemeni radical:
"Yemeni people are waiting for any US or British troops intervention. People will cut them in pieces. No...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIA HAS BEGUN WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
Russian/Nat
Russia has begun withdrawing its troops from Chechnya.
The withdrawal began three days after President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree ordering the pullout to begin.
However, the pull-out's continuation is conditional on the...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/ CHECHNYA CONFLICT: BORDER
Russian/Nat
Russian troops sealed off the road into the rebel republic of Chechnya on Friday fearing terrorist attacks in the last two days in the run-up to the Russian presidential elections.
Special forces police guarding the...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: LATEST SITUATION
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Russia is reportedly prepared to declare a 48-hour ceasefire as soon as Tuesday in the Chechnya.
Russia's human rights commissioner said he had discussed the issue with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, but Moscow...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: LATEST
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Chechen fighters dug in Sunday as Russia's bombardment of the capital Grozny intensified.
As the sound of battle echoed across the city, a group of women took refuge in a Russian Orthodox church to pray for an end to the...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: HOMELESS
Russian/nat
The shelling of Chechnya's capital Grozny has eased as President Yeltsin sends in government representatives to negotiate a cessation of hostilities in the breakaway republic.
However many families are still in hiding under...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: INGUSHETIA: CONVOY ATTACKED BY RUSSIAN TANKS
Russian/Nat
The defenders of the Chechen capital Grozny are facing a surrender or die ultimatum from the Kremlin after a day in which Russian forces mounted fresh attacks on the breakaway republic- but reportedly stopped short of an...
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RUSSIA: RADIO LIBERTY REPORTER GIVEN TO CHECHEN REBELS
Russian/Nat
A reporter for the U-S financed Radio Liberty who was detained in Chechnya, has been handed over to Chechen rebels in exchange for three Russian prisoners of war.
The correspondent, Andrei Babitsky, was detained in Chechnya...