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During its regular meeting in Paris, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) considered the situation with political prisoners in Azerbaijan, human rights activist Murad Sadaddinov told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

Representatives of the Armenian Foreign Ministry will stay in Malibu, Equatorial Guinea awhile, the ministry claimed in its statement issued today.

Hajji Bayram Bolat arrived at Nalchik from Istanbul and was detained right in the Nalchik airport on August 25, in spite of the fact that he had a Russian residential permit. After three days of arrest, he was expelled back.

The Armenian Assembly of America is a lobbying organization, due to the activity of which the United States has become the only country giving direct help to Nagorny Karabakh.

Abkhazian parliamentarians believe that the authorities and government "are able to work according to their usual regime" and call upon all citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia "to keep law and order in the state".

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD), uniting organizations of Azerbaijan opposition parties and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, made an appeal to international organizations to do their best to put off municipal elections in the autonomy and create conditions for the opposition's participation in them.

A meeting of the Abkhazian Council of Elders was held in Sukhum, Prime Minter Nodar Khashba and two presidential candidates, Sergey Bagapsh and Raul Khadzhimba, attending it.

Deputy of the Azerbaijan parliament Rabiat Aslanova stated recently that 4 thousand Azerbaijanians were held captive in Armenia.

"I highly appreciate the Armenian authorities' readiness to honor the commitments undertaken to the Council of Europe," head of the Committee of Ministers' Monitoring Group (GT-SUIVI.AGO) Roland Wegener said.

Bishop Aleksandr of Baku and the Caspian Region and head of the community of Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan Boris Ikhiilov will accompany the head of the Spiritual Administration of Moslems of the Caucasus in his trip.

The suspension is caused by financial problems, newspaper editors told the Caucasian Knot correspondent. Azerbaijan printing houses refused to publish the newspaper because of its debts.

"The Georgian side doesn't take measures to withdraw illegal armed unites, which have no right to stay in the zone of responsibility of the Peacekeeping Forces," announced the United Press Center of South Osetia.

Today, the newly created council called on the people of Abkhazia to hold their peace and on the heads of election headquarters not to exceed the limits of legality.

Makhira Muradova demands that the damage to her health done by Azerbaijan policemen should be compensated.

The Council of Europe finds it necessary that public television and radio should be created on the basis of both Azerbaijan national channels.