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2010-07-30: Headlines

• BBC News: Taliban removed from UN blacklist 2010-07-30

  Five members of the Taliban have been removed from a United Nations Security Council sanctions list. | They include a former Taliban envoy to the UN, Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad Awrang, and Abdul Salam Zaeef, author of the book My Life with the Taliban. | The other de-listed men are former deputy health minister Abdul Satar Paktin and two now-deceased officials.

• RIA Novosti: Six injured in blast in Chechen capital 2010-07-30

  "An investigation is underway. According to updated information, six people were injured," the spokesman said. | The explosive device was planted under paving slabs on Dagestanskaya Street near the Berkat shopping mall in downtown Grozny. | Russia fought two wars against separatists in Chechnya in the 1990s and early 2000s.

• Georgiandaily: George Shengelaia: Inter-Ethnic Brawl in Tuapse Reveals Deep Tension in Russo-Chechen Relations 2010-07-30

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• ITAR-TASS: 6 injured in explosion near shopping moll in Grozny 2010-07-30

  Committee (SKP) told Itar-Tass. | and were rendered medical help. | bomb had no striking pieces. | illegal weapons trafficking, and illegal manufacture of explosive devices. | screen.colorDepth:screen.pixelDepth) | hotlog_r+="&js="+hotlog_js;

• Free Internet Press: Anarchy In Dagestan 2010-07-30

  Keywords: period reinactments to gothic fantasy. | Spiegel Interview With Craig Venter - 'We Have Learned Nothing From The Genome' | Magomedshapi Vagabov. | the mountains of Dagestan, a Russian republic in the Caucasus region. | would extend from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. | Make a donation today to remove the advertisments! | Islamists. The Caucasus republic has become almost ungovernable.

• Georgiandaily: George Shengelaia: Kadyrovs Time is Rapidly Approaching Its End 2010-07-30

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• RIA Novosti: One injured in explosion in Chechen capital 2010-07-30

  The explosive device was planted on the roadside near the Berkat trade center, he said. | Investigators are working at the site of the blast. | However, a spokesman for the regional Investigative Committee department told RIA Novosti that two passersby were injured - a man and a woman. | "An unidentified explosive device went off on Dagestanskaya Street in Grozny. According to preliminary data, two people were injured,"

• Georgiandaily: George Shengelaia: Medvedev Confirms Conscript Shortages 2010-07-30

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2010-07-26: Headlines

• msnbc.com: Jolie spurs Russian patriotism at Salt Moscow show 2010-07-26

  Clad in a floor-length Versace gown she described as Russian Red, Angelina Jolie whipped up Soviet-era nostalgia and patriotism for Mother Russia at the Moscow premiere of her spy thriller Salt.

• Georgiandaily: George Shengelaia: Dam Bombing Could Be Dress Rehearsal for Sochi Olympics, Moscow Analyst Says 2010-07-26

  Georgian Daily, Independent Voice,Georgia and Caucasus politics, Comprehensive news site about Georgia, daily georgia, national and local news coverage.

• RIA Novosti: Police officer murdered in Russias Dagestan 2010-07-26

  "Unknown assailants opened fire on the head of criminal investigation department Maj. Alishab Magomedov while he was on his dacha in the town of Kaspiisk," the spokesman said. | He added that investigators are working at the scene of the crime. | Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus republics, especially Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, have seen an upsurge of militant violence lately, with frequent attacks on police and officials.

• Georgiandaily: George Shengelaia: After Ouster of Longtime Leaders, Some Tatars and Bashkirs Pursue a More ... 2010-07-26

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• GulfNews: Implications of Kosovo 2010-07-26

  Keywords: on Thursday. The United Nations€™ highest court said Kosovo€™s declaration of independence from Serbia did not break international law. | The International Court of Justice has made a ruling regarding the status of Kosovo that will most likely have implications for separatists around the world, as well as for Serbia's European Union membership aspirations.

• Zambia News: Islamic separatists in Russia shot while trying to lay bombs 2010-07-26

  Russian police have killed two men who were supposedly trying to lay bombs at a North Caucasus hydroelectric plant.

• Wired News: US, Karzai Fume After Deadly Rocket Attack 2010-07-26

  As if the accounts of U.S.-caused civilian casualties disclosed by WikiLeaks weren't ugly enough. The Afghan government just blasted the U.S.

• GulfNews: Implications of Kosovo 2010-07-26

  Keywords: on Thursday. The United Nations€™ highest court said Kosovo€™s declaration of independence from Serbia did not break international law. | The International Court of Justice has made a ruling regarding the status of Kosovo that will most likely have implications for separatists around the world, as well as for Serbia's European Union membership aspirations.

• The Moscow News: A new Caucasus dimension 2010-07-26

  After a well-planned and professionally executed bombing assault on the Baksan hydroelectric plant in the Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria last week, the hunt is on for a previously little known insurgent leader – Kazbek Tashuyev, also known by the Arabic name Abdul-Jabbab.

2010-07-25: Headlines

• Long War Journal: Doku Umarov names his successor 2010-07-25

  "Unknown assailants opened fire on the head of criminal investigation department Maj. Alishab Magomedov while he was on his dacha in the town of Kaspiisk," the spokesman said. | He added that investigators are working at the scene of the crime. | Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus republics, especially Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, have seen an upsurge of militant violence lately, with frequent attacks on police and officials.

• The Moscow Times: After UN Court Ruling, Fears of Global Separatism 2010-07-25

  The World Court's opinion that Kosovo's unilateral secession from Serbia wasn't illegal could send a chill through other countries with restive minorities. But the United States insists that Kosovo's statehood is a special case.

• Xinhua: Two militants killed in Russias Ingushetia 2010-07-25

  Two militants suspected of terrorist attacks on police officers and civilians were killed at Russia's turbulent North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local media reported Sunday. | A shootout was initiated by these suspects late Saturday near the regional capital of Nazran, after the militants refused to stop their car for a tipped investigation, the RIA Novosti news agency reported citing police source.

• Winnipeg Free Press: Reports: Russian police kill 2 militants allegedly involved in dam attack 2010-07-25

  A Russian news agency says that police in a volatile southern region have killed two milita... - World Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.

• Long War Journal: Doku Umarov names his successor 2010-07-25

  Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Dokku Abu Usman has officially announced the appointment as his deputy (naib) and future successor, case of his death, the commander of the Eastern Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate Emir Aslambek (Aslambek Vadalov).

• CRIENGLISH.com: Suspects in Russian Power Plant Attack Killed 2010-07-25

  Two identified militants allegedly involved in Wednesday's terrorist attack on a hydroelectric station in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have been killed in a special operation on Sunday. | According to the republic's Interior Ministry, the operation was conducted at about 04:00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) in the Dugulubgei village of Baksan district in the Baksan town where the power plant was located.

• The Moscow Times: Medvedev Is No Democrat 2010-07-25

  Those who hoped that President Dmitry Medvedev would lead Russia to a more democratic, Western-friendly future have found themselves less than fulfilled. It was Medvedev who supported the State Duma bill widening the FSB's intimidation powers.

• Reuters Africa: Russia police kill two power plant attackers 2010-07-25

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police killed two men on Sunday accused of bombing a North Caucasus hydroelectric plant, media reported, just days after President Dmitry Medvedev threatened to sack securit...

• itar-tass.com: ITAR-TASS 2010-07-25

  Keywords: source at the Federal Security Service branch for Ingushetia told Itar-Tass. | Interior Ministry employees in Nazran on July 20 this year. | screen.colorDepth:screen.pixelDepth) | hotlog_r+="&js="+hotlog_js;

2010-07-16: Headlines

• The Voice of Russia: Dubai confirms Yamadayev death 2010-07-16

  Dubai confirms Yamadayev death

• Eurasia Review: RT: France Charges Three Chechens For Conspiring With Terrorists 2010-07-16

  France Charges Three Chechens For Conspiring With Terrorists Friday, 16 July 2010 15:35 Written by French police have arrested three ethnic Chech...

• Spiegel Online: SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany: Rights Activists Doubt Moscows Explanation 2010-07-16

  This week, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that investigators have identified and are hunting for the killer of human rights activists Natalya Estemirova. Many, though, think he's wrong. For one, the primary suspect is dead. For another, no one believes he did it.

• Reuters AlertNet: France says holds 3 Chechens in terrorism probe 2010-07-16

  Source: ReutersPARIS, July 16 (Reuters) - French police have arrested three Chechens suspected of preparing acts of terrorism in Russia, an anti-terrorist prosecutor's magistrate said of Friday. The arrests...

• Calgary Herald: Chechens charged in France over Moscow blasts 2010-07-16

  Calgary Herald is your online source of news on Calgary, Alberta, Canada and around the world. Find local stories happening around Alberta. Read world headline news. Watch local news stories in multimedia.,Three Chechens suspected of links to a person involved in the

• RIA Novosti: Over 600 questioned in Russian activist murder probe 2010-07-16

  Estemirova, who had been investigating kidnappings and disappearances in Chechnya for the Russian human rights group Memorial, was abducted outside her home in the Chechen capital of Grozny on July 15, 2009. She was found shot dead in the neighboring North Caucasian republic of Ingushetia later the same day.