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INGUSHETIA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: BORDER
Russian/Nat
Russian generals were forced to back down on Friday, lifting restrictions which stopped Chechen males between the ages of 10 and 60 from entering or leaving Chechnya.
The decision by Russian commanders in the Caucasus came...
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NORWAY: MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS
English/Nat
International aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (M-S-F) said on Thursday it would use the one (m) million dollars received as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Award to create a fund to fight rare and fatal diseases.
The...
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WRAP Reax to deadly attack; ADDS airport returning to normal
Domodedovo Airport, near Moscow
1. Various exteriors of Domodedovo Airport, the scene of Monday's suicide bombing
2. Various interiors of airport with passengers walking around
3. Passengers checking in for their flights
4. Suitcase...
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UK: NEW NATO SECRETARY GENERAL LORD ROBERTSON
English/Nat
NATO's new secretary general has told the Americans they're wrong to believe that Europe's fledgling common defence initiative will split the alliance.
In an A-P-T-N interview Monday to mark his new appointment, Lord...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA WAR COULD LEAD TO RUSSIAN ECONOMIC RUIN
Eng/Russian/Natsot
Russia's former finance minister has warned that the cost of funding the Russian war effort in Chechnya could leave the country in economic ruin.
Boris Fyodorov said he supports bringing the Chechens to heel, though...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RUSSIAN/CHECHEN CONFLICT UPDATE
Staraya Sunzha, suburb of Grozny; 22 August 1996
1. Wide shot of oilbase on fire
2. Cloud of smoke in the distance
3. Wide shot of Russian position
4. Helicopter in air
5. Russians climbing into trenches
6. Close of Russians in...
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USA: ALBRIGHT ON THE BATTLE FOR CHECHNYA
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says she believes the battle for Chechnya is not over yet.
On Tuesday, Albright told the U-S Senate Foreign Relations Committee that while Russia has regained control of Grozny, rebel...
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CHECHNYA: GUDERMES: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT
Russian/Nat
After nearly three months of its military onslaught against Chechnya, the Russian army claims it has a firm grip on the rebel republic and is beginning to restore a semblance of normal life.
That was the message on Saturday...
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Putin expresses hopes for cooperation with Turkey at Erdogan meeting
1. Exterior of the Kremlin
2. Close up of Red Star on top of a Kremlin tower
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin walks into room and shakes hands with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of Turkey's Justice and Development Party
4. Cutaway...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ISLAMIC KURBAN-BAIRAM HOLIDAY
Russian/Nat
Russian Muslims gathered at Moscow's central mosque on Thursday morning for the Islamic holiday of Kurban-Bairam.
This is a feast celebrated over four days throughout the Muslim world when meat is sacrificed and divided...
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CHECHNYA: ELECTION PREVIEW (2)
Russian/Nat
VOICED BY: Vera Frankl
Just a week before Russia's early presidential elections, wartorn Chechnya is itself preparing to go to the polls.
Chechen civilians are likely to vote for Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov.
But...
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1st anniversary of murdered journalists' death, Other Russia demo
7 October 2007
1. Wide pan of cemetery to slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya's grave
2. Close-up of photograph of Politkovskaya on her grave
3. Tilt up from plaque to cross
4. Visitors approaching grave
5. Man and woman putting flowers...
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CHECHNYA: KOMSOMOLSKOYE VILLAGE (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Louise Bates
The Chechen village of Komosolskoye became a symbol of destruction following the war between the Russian Army and Chechen rebels earlier this year.
A large rebel force, led by prominent field...
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CHECHNYA: CONFLICT LATEST
Russian/Nat
Russian troops in Chechnya are poised for the final assault on the regional capital of Grozny.
But in a change of plans, the Russian Defence Minister announced on Monday that rather than storming the capital city, the fate...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: YELTSIN URGES REBELS LAY DOWN ARMS
Eng/Nat
The Russian president is again urging the people of rebel Chechnya to lay down their arms and give up demands for independence.
The rebels are reported to have run out of ammunition for their anti-aircraft guns, leaving ...
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Dagestan/Chechnya Border - Aid Convoy Arrives
The first convoy of urgently needed medical supplies reached the
Dagestan border with Chechnya on Saturday (14/1), according to the
International organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres. The convoy,
carrying 12 tons of drugs and surgery...
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ROVING REPORT: RR0029/A GEORGIA: CHECHENS
Duisi and Pankisi Gorge; Shatili and Argun Gorge; Tbilisi; Georgia (recent/file):
Near Duisi (recent): Caucasus Mountains seen beyond plain; Argun Gorge (recent): scenery and river; Argun Gorge (file-December 1999): Chechen refugees who...
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Russia - Russian Duma Debates Chechnya
In the Russian parliament. Yeltsin's spokesman VyacheslavKostikov said the separatist government in Chechnya was fosteringan "anti-Russian mood." Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdinsaid Moscow favoured a negotiated settlement, but...
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Russian accuses Chechen authorities over gay crackdown
A Russian man on Monday accused authorities in Chechnya of jailing and beating him as part of a broad crackdown on gay people.
Maxim Lapunov is the first person to file a complaint with Russian authorities over a wave of...
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CLEAN : French PM visits scene of Dijon violence, meets local resident
During his visit to Dijon's Grésilles district, French Prime Minister Jean Castex talks to a local resident about the violent clashes with members of the Chechen community (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Protest in front of Russian embassy over death of Chechen dissident in Austria
Members and supporters of the Chechen community demonstrate in front of the Russian embassy in Vienna after the killing of Martin B., a vocal critic of the Chechen Republic's government (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Violence in Dijon: four suspects charged (prosecutor)
The Dijon public prosecutor's office has requested the indictment of four members of the Chechen community arrested after last weekend's violence in Dijon, Dijon public prosecutor Eric Mathais announces at a press conference (Footage by...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Conmoción y varios detenidos en Francia tras la decapitación de un profesor
Una decena de personas han sido detenidas en Francia en las últimas horas, después de que un profesor que había mostrado a sus alumnos unas caricaturas del profeta Mahoma fuera decapitado el viernes a las afueras de París por un joven de...