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A source at the Chechen interior ministry rated the reports that Shamil Basayev had taken responsibility for Akhmad Kadyrov's assassination as the rebels' propaganda move.

"We have reached an understanding that we deny the use of force in the future and will make common efforts not to allow any inciting actions and statements both in the security zone and against us," the Abkhazian foreign minister said.

A high-capacity landmine mounted on the roadside was set off when a car with GIBDD (State Inspection for Traffic Security) officers was passing by.

Suren Sureniants demands that all political prisoners be immediately released and other requirements of the resolution on Armenia adopted by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly on April 28 be fulfilled.

"The role of the Kmara movement in the recent developments in Adjaria is widely known. However, this organization gained popularity as early as November 2003, during the Rose Revolution in Georgia. There is not any information on more radical actions of Kmara activists on the territory of South Osetia so far," reads the commission's report.

The main purpose of the eight-day prolongation (7 to 14 May 2004) was to examine the treatment of persons detained in Ajara as well as conditions of detention in this part of Georgia.

A serious clash between Georgians and Armenians, which left 30 people injured, occurred in Tsalka on May 10.

The "Combine Your Rights with Life" action has started in Novocherkassk. Its organizers, the Don Women's Association, are convinced the action will help prompt young men to learn more about their rights and to fight for them.

Rashid Ozdoyev was detained by representatives of unidentified security agencies on March 11, 2004.

Members of the Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan met with the delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).

Before the sentence was pronounced, Mr Trepashkin had told journalists he was in the pessimistic mood. Asked whether he considered his case to be a political one, the former FSB colonel said, "Yes, absolutely."

The police believe the servicemen and policemen were lured into a trap thoroughly prepared by rebels.

The fire was opened form the Armenian territory from the direction of the village of Vazashen, Armenia's Idzhevansky district.

One of the released men told that the Russian military had abducted him from his house without any explanations three months ago and held him in a basement for all this time.

A press conference to present the book "Chechnya 2003: Political Process in Zazerkalye" will be held at the Independent Press Center in Moscow on May 20.