News Digest
DAGHESTAN\'S NATIONALITIES MINISTER KILLED BY CAR BOMB
By empty (9/28/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Magomedsalikh Gusaev was killed on 27 August by a magnetic bomb that two unidentified attackers placed on the roof of his car as he was traveling to work. The perpetrators escaped. Gusaev, who was 52, was injured in an assassination attempt two years earlier.POWER CUT DURING AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION LEADER\'S TV BROADCAST
By empty (9/27/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Civic Solidarity Party Chairman and presidential candidate Sabir Rustamkhanli lodged a formal protest on 27 August with Azerbaijan\'s Central Election Commission after electricity was cut off the previous day to several southern regions during his televised election campaign broadcast. Rustamkhanli said he believes the cuts were deliberate as the Azerbaijani authorities are aware that he enjoys strong support in the south of the country. (Turan).AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSES ARMENIA OF \'DESTABILIZATION.\'
By empty (8/27/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking at a press conference in Baku on 27 August, Vilayat Guliev accused Armenia of violating the cease-fire along the Line of Contact separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces \"many times\" over the past two months, and predicted that such incidents will continue. Guliev said instability in Azerbaijan \"is in Armenia\'s interests,\" but expressed confidence that the Azerbaijani armed forces are capable of responding to Armenian \"provocations.\" (Turan).CHECHEN OFFICIALS DENY DISPLACED PERSONS UNDER PRESSURE TO RETURN
By empty (8/15/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Claims by a UNHCR official that Chechen displaced persons currently living in tent camps in neighboring Ingushetia are being pressured to return to Chechnya are untrue, Chechen Minister for Nationalities Affairs Taus Dzhabrailov told Interfax on 15 August. He added Chechens are returning from Ingushetia voluntarily. On 14 August, Chechen Prime Minister Anatolii Popov told journalists in Moscow that all camps in Ingushetia for Chechen displaced persons will be closed by 1 October.Visit also
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