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Names of political prisoners have been put on the proportional list of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) drafted for participation in elections of the Board of Elders at the Yerevan City Mayoralty.

The greatest fear for the population of Georgia is the war. This is the result of the sociological study entitled "What is the topmost topic for Georgia?" conducted in the country by the "Gallup" American Company.

Over 30 miners from the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, received notifications from the European Court on Human Rights that their complaints related to privileges will be considered by the Court.

On March 20, the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia held an open auction for the general licence on extraction and bottling of the famous mineral water "Borzhomi". The license for the term of 25 years was awarded to the Georgian Glass and Mineral Water (GG&MW) Company.

A number of youth nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Nagorno-Karabakh made a joint statement on the report of the US Department of State (DoS) on respect of human rights in Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2008. The NGOs voice their protest against those points in the report, which, in their opinion, distort the essence of Karabakh conflict.

Three law enforcers and a local resident were wounded in Grozny in an attempt of power agents to detain a suspected member of illegal armed formations (IAFs) yesterday, on March 19.

The advocate of the family of Magomed Evloev, deceased owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru", will appeal against the decision of the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia, which had forbidden inquiring into the criminal case about his illegal arrest during which he was shot dead.

On March 18, Lechi Mitkuev, a resident of mountain Dargo village, Vedeno District of Chechnya, was kidnapped by unidentified power agents. Local residents believe that the victim is kept in the base of one of subdivisions of local power agencies deployed in the neighbouring Nozhay-Yurt District.

According to the latest data, in the armed clash with militants in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, four militaries were lost, three more wounded; at least six militants were liquidated. This was reported to journalists by Magomed Ismailov, Deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan.

Today, at the session of the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria on the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005, the court has rejected the defendants' petition challenging Olga Chibinyova, head of the prosecution group, and a number of other public prosecutors. The court has extended the custody of all 58 defendants by three months more.

A number of top officials responsible for the events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan were dismissed from the law-enforcement system of Armenia. This was reported to the session of the National Assembly by Ovannes Unanyan, deputy commander of the Police of the Republic of Armenia. Among those who lost their post are also the commander of internal troops and his deputy.

Today in Makhachkala special agents have shelled a car with, presumably, members of a subversive and terrorist group inside, who refused to surrender and opened fire on militiamen.

The official Tbilisi is ready to hold dialogue with the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This was stated by David Bakradze, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, at today's meeting with students and academia of the Iliya Chavchavadze State University.

Acting Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov, who is in this post from January 20, has announced a temporary moratorium on allocation of land plots for real estate construction, including dwelling houses, having accused bureaucrats of corruption.