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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Chechnya</title>
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		<title>Suicide bomber wounds 23 people in Russia; drive-by shooting kills 2 officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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Violence in Russia kills 2 people, wounds 23

NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide car bomber attacked a group of police and soldiers in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Thursday, wounding at least 23 people, while two security officers were killed in a drive-by shooting, officials said.
The bomber struck the group at a checkpoint in the city of .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bomber-wounds-23-people-in-russia-drive-by-shooting-kills-2-officers-245498/">Suicide bomber wounds 23 people in Russia; drive-by shooting kills 2 officers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide car bomber wounds police, soldiers, civilians in Russia&#8217;s Caucasus province</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Suicide bomber wounds 23 people in Russia&#8217;s south

NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide car bomber attacked a group of police and soldiers in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Thursday, wounding at least 23 people, officials said.
The bomber, who died in the attack, struck the group at a checkpoint in the city of Nazran in the province of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-car-bomber-wounds-police-soldiers-civilians-in-russias-caucasus-province-245323/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Suicide car bomber wounds police, soldiers, civilians in Russia&#8217;s Caucasus province</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide car bomber strikes police in Russia&#8217;s volatile Caucasus province, wounding 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Suicide bomber wounds 18 people in Russia&#8217;s south

NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide car bomber struck a group of policemen in Russia&#8217;s restive North Causasus on Thursday, killing himself and wounding at least 16 officers and two civilians, officials said.
The bomber attacked the group of policemen at a checkpoint in the city of Nazran in the .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-car-bomber-strikes-police-in-russias-volatile-caucasus-province-wounding-18-245319/" title="Suicide car bomber strikes police in Russia&#8217;s volatile Caucasus province, wounding 18">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court rules to extend moratorium on death penalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Russian court extends moratorium on death penalty

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.
Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin said that Russia must extend the moratorium on executions until it ratifies a European convention banning ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-constitutional-court-rules-to-extend-moratorium-on-death-penalty-232296/">Original article on  : Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court rules to extend moratorium on death penalty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say Russian forces kill 20 militants in Chechnya; bomb kills 3 in Dagestan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Russian says troops kill 20 militants in Chechnya

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Government forces have killed more than 20 militants in Chechnya, and a bomb blast at a cemetery in a neighboring province killed three relatives visiting the grave of a police officer slain by insurgents, law enforcement authorities said.
Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed president said it was possible Chechen ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-say-russian-forces-kill-20-militants-in-chechnya-bomb-kills-3-in-dagestan-229200/">Officials say Russian forces kill 20 militants in Chechnya; bomb kills 3 in Dagestan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>20 militants killed in Chechnya</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ria Novosti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY - Russian security forces have killed at least 20 militants in the restive North Caucasus republic of Chechnya Friday, an official said.

Most of the bodies could not be identified, said Ramzan Kadyrov, who commanded the special operation.	 	
Air and ground assaults were launched to eliminate the militants. No Russian troops were killed.	 	
He added ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/20-militants-killed-in-chechnya-228696/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : 20 militants killed in Chechnya</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court considers extension of moratorium on death penalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Russian court looks at death penalty ban extension

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court held hearings Monday on whether a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force next year.
The Kremlin has said there are no plans to bring back capital punishment, halted 13 years ago when Russia joined the Council of Europe. At the .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-constitutional-court-considers-extension-of-moratorium-on-death-penalty-223264/">Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court considers extension of moratorium on death penalty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group says Chechen authorities abduct human rights activist in Moscow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Chechen human rights activist abducted in Moscow

MOSCOW — A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed leader.
Arbi Khachukayev was detained by Chechen security officers and was flown to the Chechen capital of Grozny against his will, the Memorial group said. ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-says-chechen-authorities-abduct-human-rights-activist-in-moscow-219103/">Rights group says Chechen authorities abduct human rights activist in Moscow</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia holds 2 suspects in January shooting deaths of human rights lawyer, journalist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Berry</dc:creator>
		
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Russia: 2 suspects in lawyer, journalist killings

MOSCOW — Russian investigators on Thursday announced the arrests of two suspects in the killings of a human rights lawyer and a journalist who were shot in central Moscow in January.
Investigators identified the suspects as a man and woman in their 20s, but gave no details about their motives .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russia-holds-2-suspects-in-january-shooting-deaths-of-human-rights-lawyer-journalist-218821/">Russia holds 2 suspects in January shooting deaths of human rights lawyer, journalist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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UN panel faults Russia&#8217;s support for human rights
MOSCOW — From Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus to the streets of Moscow, those who find themselves at odds with authorities can wind up as targets of deadly violence. So increasingly, some are working quietly or have abandoned their efforts altogether.
On Friday a new U.N. Human Rights Committee ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-rights-panel-threats-killing-of-russian-journalists-rights-activists-212729/">UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists alarming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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UN panel: killing of Russian journalists alarming

GENEVA — Russia fails to protect journalists, activists, prison inmates and others at odds with authorities from a wide range of abuses, including torture and murder, the U.N. Human Rights Committee said Friday.
The findings came in a report by an 18-member panel of independent experts who urged the Kremlin ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-rights-panel-threats-killing-of-russian-journalists-rights-activists-alarming-212469/">UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists alarming</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Criminal case opened against prominent Russian rights activist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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Reports: Case opened against Russian activist

MOSCOW — A lawyer for Chechnya&#8217;s strongman president said Tuesday that a criminal libel case carrying possible prison time has been opened against one of Russia&#8217;s most prominent human rights activists, news agencies reported.
The report of the case against Oleg Orlov, chairman of the Memorial group, comes less than a .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-criminal-case-opened-against-prominent-russian-rights-activist-208975/">Reports: Criminal case opened against prominent Russian rights activist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent opposition activist shot and killed in southern Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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Opposition activist killed in southern Russia

NAZRAN, Russia — A prominent opposition and rights activist in Russia&#8217;s southern province of Ingushetia was shot dead Sunday in at least the third killing of a human rights defender in the volatile North Caucasus region in just over three months.
Maksharip Aushev worked to publicize human rights abuses and organize .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prominent-opposition-activist-shot-and-killed-in-southern-russia-206408/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Prominent opposition activist shot and killed in southern Russia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>EU awards Sakharov rights prize to Russians beleagured rights activists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The European Union&#8217;s parliament on Thursday awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to three prominent Russian rights activists, in recognition of the difficult conditions they face in defending human rights in Russia today.

The prize was awarded to Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Sergei Kovalyov and Oleg Orlov on behalf of the human rights ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-awards-sakharov-rights-prize-to-russians-beleagured-rights-activists-203391/">Read : EU awards Sakharov rights prize to Russians beleagured rights activists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed leader wins defamation lawsuit against rights activist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday won a defamation lawsuit against a rights activist who blamed him for the killing of a colleague whose murder sparked international outrage.

Moscow&#8217;s Tverskoi district court ordered Memorial rights group chairman Oleg Orlov to retract his statement that Kadyrov was responsible for Natalya Estemirova&#8217;s death.
Kadyrov&#8217;s lawsuit attracted .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chechnyas-kremlin-backed-leader-wins-defamation-lawsuit-against-rights-activist-188282/" title="Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed leader wins defamation lawsuit against rights activist">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chechen security forces kill 8 militants in southern mountains in 2-hour gunbattle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Chechen forces engaged in a two-hour gunbattle with militants Friday, leaving eight insurgents dead in the violence-wracked Russian province, authorities said.

Chechnya&#8217;s Moscow-backed regional President Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed militants are on their last legs nearly a decade after the end of major fighting in two devastating separatist wars. But a recent wave ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chechen-security-forces-kill-8-militants-in-southern-mountains-in-2-hour-gunbattle-185158/">Chechen security forces kill 8 militants in southern mountains in 2-hour gunbattle</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A look at the republics in Russia&#8217;s violence-wracked North Caucasus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mountainous regions of southernmost Russia, known as the North Caucasus, have a combined population of almost 7 million and have long been beset by violence, stoked by poverty, corruption, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994. Here&#8217;s a look at the most troubled republics:

CHECHNYA ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-at-the-republics-in-russias-violence-wracked-north-caucasus-179731/">A look at the republics in Russia&#8217;s violence-wracked North Caucasus</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bombings, kidnappings, poverty _ Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus slips again toward war</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Eckel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — Melted rubber sandals float in the bus-sized crater outside what&#8217;s left of the Nazran city police department.

The devastation is testament to what happened just after 9 a.m. on Aug. 17 when a man crashed a bomb-laden van through the station gates and into a crowd of police officers gathered for roll call.
The .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bombings-kidnappings-poverty-_-russias-north-caucasus-slips-again-toward-war-179730/">Suicide bombings, kidnappings, poverty _ Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus slips again toward war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian leader defends himself against Chechen president&#8217;s defamation lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian human rights activist on trial over a defamation claim filed by Chechnya&#8217;s strongman president said Friday he stands by his statements blaming the Kremlin-backed provincial leader for a fellow activist&#8217;s slaying in July.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov sued Memorial rights group chairman Oleg Orlov after Orlov said Kadyrov was responsible for the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-leader-defends-himself-against-chechen-presidents-defamation-lawsuit-178652/">Source article &nbsp;: Russian leader defends himself against Chechen president&#8217;s defamation lawsuit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kremlin-backed Chechen leader claims US, British intelligence services back rebels</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The controversial Kremlin-backed president of Chechnya claims that militants in the violence-plagued Russian province are backed by U.S. and British intelligence agencies.

Ramzan Kadyrov&#8217;s remark was probably the bluntest claim by a Russian official that insurgents in the restive North Caucasus have Western support. Western officials have dismissed such assertions as nonsense.
A statement from .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kremlin-backed-chechen-leader-claims-us-british-intelligence-services-back-rebels-176592/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Kremlin-backed Chechen leader claims US, British intelligence services back rebels</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Female suicide bomber in Chechnya wounds 6, including 2 police, in region&#8217;s latest violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Musa Sadulayev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — A suicide bomber wounded six people in the capital of Chechnya on Wednesday, officials said — the latest in a series of attacks undermining Kremlin claims that stability is returning to the southern Russian region.

Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov said the bomber was a woman — a fact that harkened back to  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/female-suicide-bomber-in-chechnya-wounds-6-including-2-police-in-regions-latest-violence-170253/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bomber in Chechnya wounds 6 police officers, reports say attacker a woman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Musa Sadulayev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — A suicide bomber wounded six police officers in the capital of the Russian republic Chechnya on Wednesday, officials said.

The blast in Grozny struck a symbolic blow against Russia&#8217;s claims that stability is returning to the Chechen capital, much of which was reduced to rubble in the two wars between separatist rebels and .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bomber-in-chechnya-wounds-6-police-officers-reports-say-attacker-a-woman-169982/">Suicide bomber in Chechnya wounds 6 police officers, reports say attacker a woman</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US-based media watchdog slams Russia&#8217;s &#8217;spectacular&#8217; failure to investigate journalist murders</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A U.S.-based media watchdog on Tuesday blamed Russian authorities for a &#8220;devastating record of injustice&#8221; in failing to solve the murders of 16 journalists killed since 2000.

The Committee to Protect Journalists released a report saying that Russia has become the world&#8217;s third deadliest country for the news media, exceeded only by Iraq and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-based-media-watchdog-slams-russias-spectacular-failure-to-investigate-journalist-murders-168794/">Read : US-based media watchdog slams Russia&#8217;s &#8217;spectacular&#8217; failure to investigate journalist murders</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bombings, slayings and clashes kill 7 in Russia&#8217;s volatile North Caucasus region</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Musa Sadulayev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — Militant attacks and gunbattles across Russia&#8217;s violence-plagued North Caucasus left seven people dead Saturday, including the second suicide bomber to strike in less than 24 hours, law enforcement and emergency officials said.

The bomber blew himself up after approaching police on patrol near a school in Grozny, the capital of the war-scarred Chechnya ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bombings-slayings-and-clashes-kill-7-in-russias-volatile-north-caucasus-region-166831/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Suicide bombings, slayings and clashes kill 7 in Russia&#8217;s volatile North Caucasus region</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: 7 killed in attacks, battles in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus, suicide bombing injures 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — Russian authorities say seven people have been killed in attacks and gunbattles in the North Caucasus region, most of them alleged militants.

Officials say one of the dead Saturday was the second suicide bomber to strike the region in less than 24 hours. Chechnya&#8217;s Interior Minister said three police were wounded when the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-7-killed-in-attacks-battles-in-russias-north-caucasus-suicide-bombing-injures-3-166777/" title="Officials: 7 killed in attacks, battles in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus, suicide bombing injures 3">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency officials: Suicide bomb blast in Chechnya injures 3 police</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — An emergency official says a suicide bomber has wounded three police officers in the capital of Russia&#8217;s war-scarred Chechnya province.

Southern Russia Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Marat Prokopenkov said Saturday that the bomber set off his explosives close to a police patrol near a school in Grozny. He said three officers were hospitalized, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/emergency-officials-suicide-bomb-blast-in-chechnya-injures-3-police-166516/" title="Emergency officials: Suicide bomb blast in Chechnya injures 3 police">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>European human rights envoy urges Russia to prosecute killers of NGO in Chechnya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The Council of Europe&#8217;s commissioner on human rights says Russia must prosecute the killers of a human rights activist in Chechnya this year, if it is to break a cycle of violence in the region.

Thomas Hammarberg said Thursday that bringing the killers of Natalya Estemirova to justice will help dissipate the atmosphere of ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-human-rights-envoy-urges-russia-to-prosecute-killers-of-ngo-in-chechnya-165091/">European human rights envoy urges Russia to prosecute killers of NGO in Chechnya</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russians mark 10 years since string of Moscow apartment bombings that killed 300</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Hundreds of Russians, clutching carnations for the dead, marked 10 years on Tuesday since a string of bombing attacks destroyed several suburban apartment blocks and killed nearly 300 people across the country.

Sobbing relatives and friends of 93 victims placed flowers at a small memorial where one apartment was bombed on Sept. 9, 1999 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russians-mark-10-years-since-string-of-moscow-apartment-bombings-that-killed-300-162943/">Read : Russians mark 10 years since string of Moscow apartment bombings that killed 300</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Organizer of attempt on regional leader among 5 rebels shot dead in Russian south</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — Authorities in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus region have shot dead five insurgents — one of whom was wanted for organizing a failed assassination attempt on Ingushetia&#8217;s leader, and two of whom may have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow, officials said Saturday.

Security officers in Ingushetia stopped a car near the capital late ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-organizer-of-attempt-on-regional-leader-among-5-rebels-shot-dead-in-russian-south-160571/">Official: Organizer of attempt on regional leader among 5 rebels shot dead in Russian south</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Blast kills 3 police, wounds 2 in Russia&#8217;s troubled Ingushetia province</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A roadside bomb blast ripped through a police car in Russia&#8217;s violence-plagued southern Ingushetia province on Friday, killing three officers and wounding two others, authorities said.

Five policemen were in the car hit by the explosive device near the village of Dattykh, provincial Interior Ministry spokeswoman Madina Khadziyeva said.
Ingushetia has suffered a series .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-blast-kills-3-police-wounds-2-in-russias-troubled-ingushetia-province-159669/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Official: Blast kills 3 police, wounds 2 in Russia&#8217;s troubled Ingushetia province</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Supreme Court orders further probe into killing of reporter Anna Politkovskaya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gutterman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russia&#8217;s Supreme Court changed the rules Thursday for the investigation into Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya&#8217;s killing, giving her family a glimmer of hope for justice and testing President Dmitry Medvedev&#8217;s commitment to judicial reform.

But lawyers and colleagues of Politkovskaya, the investigative reporter gunned down in her Moscow apartment building in 2006, suggested that .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-supreme-court-orders-further-probe-into-killing-of-reporter-anna-politkovskaya-158545/">Russian Supreme Court orders further probe into killing of reporter Anna Politkovskaya</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Supreme Court orders further investigation in killing of investigative reporter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russia&#8217;s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered further investigation into the killing of an investigative journalist who was gunned down in an elevator after harshly criticizing Vladimir Putin&#8217;s Kremlin and human rights abuses in Russia&#8217;s region of Chechnya.

The Supreme Court&#8217;s military bench returned the case against three suspects accused of involvement in Anna Politkovskaya&#8217;s ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-supreme-court-orders-further-investigation-in-killing-of-investigative-reporter-158494/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Russian Supreme Court orders further investigation in killing of investigative reporter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian rights activist visits slain colleague&#8217;s Chechnya grave, fears justice won&#8217;t be done</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOSHKELDY, Russia — A leading Russian human rights activist paid an emotional visit Sunday to the cemetery where her slain colleague Natalya Estemirova is buried, weeping at her grave and predicting her killers will never be never be brought to justice.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the widely respected 82-year-old head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, had a message ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-rights-activist-visits-slain-colleagues-chechnya-grave-fears-justice-wont-be-done-154389/">Russian rights activist visits slain colleague&#8217;s Chechnya grave, fears justice won&#8217;t be done</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chechen police say 2 militants blow themselves up to escape capture, wounding 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Chechnya was hit Friday by the third suicide bombing in the past week, part of a rising wave of violence in Russia&#8217;s predominantly Muslim southern republics that appears to have alarmed the Kremlin.

President Dmitry Medvedev gathered the region&#8217;s political and religious leaders Friday to discuss ways to stop young men from joining .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chechen-police-say-2-militants-blow-themselves-up-to-escape-capture-wounding-6-152062/">Chechen police say 2 militants blow themselves up to escape capture, wounding 6</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police in Chechnya say 4 officers killed in suicide bombing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed four police officers Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said.

Magomed Diniyev, a spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry, said the blast took place about midday in a gas station-carwash complex in the town of Mesker-Yurt, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of the capital Grozny.
One .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-in-chechnya-say-4-officers-killed-in-suicide-bombing-149257/">Police in Chechnya say 4 officers killed in suicide bombing</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed three police officers Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said.

Magomed Diniyev, a spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry, said the blast took place about midday in a gas station-carwash complex in the town of Mesker-Yurt, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of the capital Grozny.
The  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-in-chechnya-say-3-officers-killed-in-suicide-bombing-149045/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Putin visits Chechnya, pays respects at grave of Kremlin-backed leader&#8217;s slain father</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin showed support for Chechnya&#8217;s controversial leader Monday by praising his assassinated father — the first Kremlin-backed Chechen president — and laying flowers at his grave.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who is accused by critics of human rights abuses, has been facing an upsurge of regional violence that has raised .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-putin-visits-chechnya-pays-respects-at-grave-of-kremlin-backed-leaders-slain-father-148571/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Russia&#8217;s Putin visits Chechnya, pays respects at grave of Kremlin-backed leader&#8217;s slain father</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bombers kill 5 in 2 separate attacks in Russia&#8217;s Chechnya province</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — Suicide bombers on bicycles detonated explosives in Chechnya on Friday, killing at least four police officers and a civilian in coordinated attacks in the capital, officials said.

The suicide bombers approached police officers in two central locations in Grozny and blew themselves up, killing two officers in each attack, said Chechnya&#8217;s Interior Minister .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bombers-kill-5-in-2-separate-attacks-in-russias-chechnya-province-146093/">Suicide bombers kill 5 in 2 separate attacks in Russia&#8217;s Chechnya province</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bombers kill 4 police officers in Chechnya in 2 separate attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — Suicide bombers detonated explosives in Chechnya&#8217;s provincial capital on Friday, killing at least four police officers in separate attacks, officials said.

Russian emergency services spokesman Alexei Zemskov said another four policemen were wounded in the attacks in the city of Grozny. Police said suicide bombers on bicycles approached police officers in two central ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bombers-kill-4-police-officers-in-chechnya-in-2-separate-attacks-146006/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Suicide bombers kill 4 police officers in Chechnya in 2 separate attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian officials: Suicide bombers kill 4 police officers in Chechnya</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROZNY, Russia — Officials say that suicide bombers have detonated explosives in Chechnya&#8217;s provincial capital, killing at least four police officers.

Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Alexei Zemskov says that four other policemen were wounded in Friday&#8217;s attacks.
Zemskov says the suicide bombers approached police officers in two separate locations in the city of Grozny and detonated their ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-officials-suicide-bombers-kill-4-police-officers-in-chechnya-145993/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Russian officials: Suicide bombers kill 4 police officers in Chechnya</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits North Caucasus; at least 20 killed, more than 130 wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber rammed a truck into a police station in the Russian region of Ingushetia on Monday, killing at least 20 police in the worst attack to ravage the poor North Caucasus republic in years.

The blast, which wounded more than 130 others, undermined Kremlin claims that its efforts to bring calm ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-north-caucasus-at-least-20-killed-more-than-130-wounded-141823/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Suicide truck bomb hits North Caucasus; at least 20 killed, more than 130 wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, 20 killed, more than 100 injured</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus with an explosives-laden truck Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in years in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after two wars in ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-20-killed-more-than-100-injured-141746/">Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, 20 killed, more than 100 injured</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A look at the republics in Russia&#8217;s violence-wracked Caucasus region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mountainous regions just to the north of Russia&#8217;s southern border known as the North Caucasus have long been troubled by violence, stoked by poverty, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994.

Here&#8217;s brief look at the regions, their history and their conditions:
CHECHNYA — The epicenter ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-at-the-republics-in-russias-violence-wracked-caucasus-region-141743/">A look at the republics in Russia&#8217;s violence-wracked Caucasus region</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 20 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus with an explosives-laden truck Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in years in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after two wars in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-at-least-20-killed-dozens-wounded-141597/">Source article &nbsp;: Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 20 killed, dozens wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 19 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus on Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in months in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after 15 years of separatist ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-at-least-19-killed-dozens-wounded-141548/">Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 19 killed, dozens wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 18 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus on Monday, killing at least 18 people and wounding about 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest in months in the restive southern region, denting Kremlin claims that the area was stabilizing after 15 years of separatist ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-at-least-18-killed-dozens-wounded-141538/">Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 18 killed, dozens wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 14 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest for months in Russia&#8217;s south and dented Kremlin claims to be stabilizing the North Caucasus region, where 15 years of separatist ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-at-least-14-killed-dozens-wounded-141499/">Original article on  : Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 14 killed, dozens wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 12 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding nearly 60 others, officials said.

The bombing was the deadliest for months in Russia&#8217;s south and dented Kremlin claims to be stabilizing the North Caucasus region, where 15 years of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-at-least-12-killed-dozens-wounded-141445/">Read more : Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 12 killed, dozens wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 7 killed, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia&#8217;s restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.

The attacker rammed into the gates of the local police headquarters in the city of Nazran in Ingushetia and detonated his explosives at the moment ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-police-station-in-southern-russia-at-least-7-killed-dozens-wounded-141419/">Read more : Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 7 killed, dozens wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 police killed in North Caucusus shootings amid rise in regional violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Two policemen were killed in separate sniper attacks in Russia&#8217;s violent republic of Dagestan on Saturday, authorities said, the latest in three days of bloodshed that has claimed more than 20 lives in the North Caucasus.

The first of the shootings took place late Saturday morning at a police post near the central ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-police-killed-in-north-caucusus-shootings-amid-rise-in-regional-violence-140688/">Read more : 2 police killed in North Caucusus shootings amid rise in regional violence</a>.]]></description>
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