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AZERBAIJANI COURT SENTENCES VOLUNTEERS FOR CHECHEN CAUSE
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After a two-month trial, Azerbaijan\'s Court for Serious War Crimes passed sentence on four young men, including one citizen of Algeria and one of Mauritania, who under the guise of engaging in humanitarian activity recruited volunteers to fight with the Chechen resistance. The two were sentenced on 11 December to nine years\' imprisonment, while two Azerbaijanis found guilty of undergoing military training at a camp in neighboring Georgia were each jailed for three years. (Turan).ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS MEET
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Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev met for 90 minutes in Geneva on 11 December on the sidelines of the World Information Summit to discuss the Karabakh conflict, Western media reported. The two presidents subsequently told journalists that their talks amounted to a frank exchange of views. Armenian Public Television quoted Kocharian as saying that he and Aliyev \"analyzed the new situation,\" but did not discuss specific peace proposals.PUTIN ADVISER SAYS MERGER OF CHECHNYA, INGUSHETIA \'EXPEDIENT\'
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Speaking in Rostov-na-Donu on 9 December, Aslanbek Aslakhanov, who is President Putin\'s adviser on Chechen affairs, said he considers \"possible and expedient\" the creation of a single federation subject by combining Chechnya and Ingushetia, \"Nezavisimaya gazeta\" reported on 11 December. Pro-Moscow Chechen leader Akhmad-hadji Kadyrov first advocated such a merger shortly after his election in October. At that time, Aslakhanov expressed doubts whether Ingushetia would agree to such a merger, and Ingush President Murat Zyazikov said that a merger is unnecessary and not economically viable.UZBEK AUTHORITIES APOLOGIZE FOR INCURSION INTO KYRGYZSTAN
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Uzbek law enforcement authorities from Namangan Oblast apologized to their Kyrgyz colleagues in neighboring Djalal-Abad Oblast, thereby defusing a potentially unpleasant border incident that began when five Uzbek police officers and a prosecutor illegally crossed the Kyrgyz border to arrest a Kyrgyz citizen on 10 December. The Uzbek officers forced the Kyrgyz into their car, but were chased to the border by the detainee\'s fellow villagers, who freed him and handed the Uzbeks over to the Kyrgyz police. Kyrgyz law enforcement officials said the man who had been seized by the Uzbeks was not involved in any criminal activity.Visit also
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