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Switzerland - Kozyrev & Christopher Arrive
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev arrived in Geneva,
Switzerland on Wednesday (22/3) for talks with U.S. Secretary of
State Warren Christopher. Warren Christopher arrived in Geneva earlier in the day from France.
0.00 ws of plane...
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Co-founder MSF talks about treating wounded in battered Homs
1. Wide of news conference
2. Mid of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Jacques Beres, French surgeon and co-founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres and Medecins du Monde:
"It's a dead city, a martyr city. They are being bombed without...
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MOSCOW: AFTERMATH OF BOMB BLAST
Russian/Eng/Nat
Security measures in Moscow have been tightened following Tuesday's explosion which killed seven people and injured nearly a hundred others, eleven seriously.
Two men have also been arrested in connection with the...
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RUSSIA: U-S SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT'S 3-DAY VISIT
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's three day visit to Moscow is set to be dominated by Russia's conflict against the rebel republic of Chechnya and Middle East peace talks scheduled for Tuesday.
Albright will meet ...
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Human Rts Watch report on forced Islamic dress for Chechen women
Human Rights Watch released a report on Thursday condemning Chechnya's regional government's enforcement of a compulsory Islamic dress code for women.
Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov's feared security forces have used paintball...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RUSSIAN BLITZ CONTINUES
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Russian forces pushed closer to the heart of the Chechen capital Grozny today (Sunday).
Throughout the day, a relentless barrage of shells has rained down on the remaining buildings still standing in the ruined...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: PARTISAN BRIGADES
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The head of Russia's intelligence agency has declared that the war in Chechnya is nearly over.
Sergei Stepashin says forces loyal to Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev have ' ceased to exist'.
Ahead of May's VE...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT
Russian/Nat
Intense fighting was continuing in the Chechen capital Grozny on Sunday, as Russian units continued to inch further into the centre of the shattered city.
Sources in the Russian command said battles were concentrated in...
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Chechnya - Chechen Position Falls
A key Chechen rebel position reportedly fell to the Russians in
savage hand-to-hand fighting as Russian troops Saturday continued
to relentlessly pound at the heart of the city with artillery and
rocket fire. The Russian army said its...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: CHECHNYA INVASION DEMONSTRATION
Russian/Nat
Pro-democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets of Moscow in protest at the Russian invasion of Chechnya. Many demonstrators believe that the current crisis will be used by hard-liners to roll back democracy in...
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USA: BILL CLINTON URGES YELTSIN TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN CHECHNYA
Eng / Nat
President Bill Clinton has appealed directly to his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin for restraint in Chechnya.
In a letter written earlier this week, Clinton urged Yeltsin to forestall an all-out assault to retake the...
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RUSSIA: PRESIDENT PUTIN HONOURS WWII VETERANS
Russian/Nat
Vladimir Putin honoured World War Two veterans on his first full day as president on Monday.
He inaugurated a memorial in Kursk in honour of the Soviet soldiers killed in one of the bloodiest battles of World War Two.
Russia...
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France and Russia on Iraq, Chechnya + Middle East crisis
1. Exterior wide shot of Elysee Palace courtyard
2. Medium shot of cameraman
3. Medium shot of car arriving and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov getting out of car
4. Medium shot of Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and Russian...
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RUSSIA: DAGESTAN: SITUATION UPDATE
Russian/Nat
At least 250 Chechen rebels are involved in a tense stand-off with Russian troops on the border of Dagestan and Chechnya.
The rebels fled the Dagestani city of Kizlyar in a convoy of buses taking 160 hostages with them.
The...
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USA: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright said on Wednesday that President Bill Clinton is looking forward to "a very robust and good session" at next week's World Trade Organization (W-T-O) meeting.
This is despite the...
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Russia - Gaidar On Budennovsk Hostage Crisis
Former Russian Prime Minister, Yegor Gaidar, said on Sunday (18/6)
he blamed Government policy on Chechnya for the tragic events at
the Budennovsk hospital - now entering its fifth day. Speaking at
the pro-democratic Russia's Choice...
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Chechnya - Kovalyov Condemns Russian Bombings
On Wednesday, the head of the State Duma Human Rights delegation in Grozny, Sergey Kovalyov, blasted the Russian leadership for not observing the ceasefire announced by President Boris Yeltsin. Kovalyov told journalists he was puzzled by...
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Chechnya - Ceasefire Violations
Russia and the Chechen rebels accused each other of violating the
much heralded ceasefire agreement on Saturday (1/6).
Fighting was reportedly going on near the town of Shali, but journalists were held back two kilometres from the town...
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Chechnya - Chemical Weapons Suspected
There is evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the war
in Chechnya. Some 200 people in the village of Autay have been
sent to hospital with symptoms that point to the use of chemical
weapons. Eyewitnesses say that one...
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Chechnya - Russian Ministers In Grozny
Surrounded by hundreds of armed guards, Russian Defence Minister
Pavel Grachev, vice Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets, and Interior
Minister Viktor Yerin, arrived in the Chechnya capital Grozny on
Friday (17/3).
grachev's helicopter...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATION
Eng/Russian/Natsot
The international human rights organisation Amnesty International, has sent a delegation from Britain to Ingushetia to investigate allegations of widespread human rights abuses in the war in Chechnya.
They have met...
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Chechnya - Negotiations To Free Aid Workers
Negotiations to free two humanitarian aid workers for Medecins Sans Frontieres who were kidnapped in Chechnya at the weekend were continuing on Tuesday (29/4). A representative of MSF, Marcello Tenti, said talks were continuing but that...
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CHECHNYA: NEAR GROZNY: RUSSIAN TROOPS CLOSE IN
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Emboldened by news that their enemies have slipped away, Russian soldiers have pressed on toward the shattered center of Grozny and fought to root out remaining militants.
The rattle of automatic gunfire and occasional...
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WRAP At least 16 killed in blasts at rock concert, bodies, witness, reax
1. Zoom out, airfield Tushino where the rock-festival Krylya (Wings) has been held
2. Pan of dead bodies
3. Ambulances
4. Dead body
5. Policemen
6. Policemen accompanying detained person
7. Close up of military troops
8. Dead...