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This report, by Human Rights Watch, documents acts of violence, harassment, and threats against women in Chechnya to intimidate them into wearing a headscarf or dressing more “modestly,” in...
President Vladimir Putin's party scored a landslide win in Russia's election, results showed on Monday, but the opposition vowed to challenge an outcome that could help Putin keep a grip...
The UN Security Council on Thursday took action to curb the use of
children in war after the measure had been delayed for months by
complaints from Britain and Russia.
The European Commission took issue yesterday with an outburst by
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Russia's Yukos affair
and Chechnya, as the Italian leader once again plunged the EU...
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise appearance as a
speaker at the opening session of the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) here today.
The Kremlin's candidate was heading for a landslide victory in
Chechnya's presidential election with a quarter of the votes
counted early today, with critics crying foul.
The US yesterday designated feared Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev a
threat to US national security and imposed financial sanctions on
him, including a freeze on his assets.
Foreign ministers from Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
member states were to open a three days of talks in the Iranian
capital today, with their discussions expected to be dominated...
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, AT THE
OPENING OF THE XIII SUMMIT CONFERENCE OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT,
Kuala Lumpur, 24 February 2003