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Chechnya - Chemical Weapons Suspected
There is evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the war
in Chechnya. Some 200 people in the village of Autay have been
sent to hospital with symptoms that point to the use of chemical
weapons. Eyewitnesses say that one...
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Few signs of hope in devastated Chechen capital
Grozny, Chechnya, 20 October 2004
1. Wide shot the central market in Grozny, capital of Chechnya
2. Mid shot a fruit stall
3. Cutaway fruit
4. Mid shot street vendors, people buying fruit
5. Mid shot ruins of a house
6. Mid shot ruins
7....
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Chechnya-People Burn From Effects Of Toxic Weapons
Villagers burn from effects of toxic weapons
Aid workers said on Wednesday (9/8) they had found evidence that
toxic chemicals were used during the Chechnya war in several areas
of the breakaway Caucasus republic. Alexander Gzovsky, an...
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Chechnya - Civilians Caught In Fighting
Refugees fleeing the Chechen towns of Samashki, Bamut and Svernovosk said on Tuesday (19/3) that fighting in western Chechnya is extremely heavy and thousands of civilians are caught in the crossfire. Aid organisations, including the...
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Chechnya - Grozny Residents Scavenge For Supplies
The residents of Grozny are preparing for next winter by
scavenging in piles of rubbish for anything that might be useful.
gv centre of grozny destroyed by bombing
people dumping rubble out of windows
cu rubble
excavator piling trash...
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JORDAN: JORDANIANS OF CHECHEN ORIGIN VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT RUSSIANS
English/Nat
Hundreds of Jordanians of Chechen origin are volunteering to fight the Russians in their ethnic homeland. However, the Chechen leadership has refused their offer and told them for the time being supplies are in more urgent...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF FOREIGN AID
English/Nat
The first consignment of foreign aid has reached refugees from Chechnya.
A convoy from the French relief organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres, arrived Friday at a refugee centre in Nazran, in the neighbouring republic of...
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GEORGIA: TURKEY'S PRESIDENT PROPOSES SECURITY PACT
Turkish/Nat
Turkish President Suleyman Demirel has proposed creating a Caucasus security pact aimed at increasing the ability of countries in the region to support each other and resist Russian power.
Demirel made the proposal during a...
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Chechnya - Hare Krishna Followers In Grozny
Few religious groups proselytise more vigorously than the Hindu
sect Hare Krishna and they have recently established a foothold in
Grozny, the war-ravaged capital of Chechnya. Since March 1995, a
group of Hare Krishna members from St...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: MORE REFUGEES FLEE
Russian/Nat
The number of civilian refugees fleeing from the fighting in war-torn Chechnya is increasing by the hour. On Tuesday night a fresh column of women and children made their way to the relative safety of neighbouring...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Arson at troubled Jerusalem football
CLEAN : Arson at troubled Jerusalem football
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HRW: Chechen officials humiliated inmates
High-level officials in Russia's Chechnya humiliated inmates during visits to detention facilities where gay people were allegedly held and tortured, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report Friday.Yulia Gorbunova, HRW's researcher...
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World Cup CEO on security at this summer''s tournament
1. Wide exterior of SAFA (South African Football Association) House with Soccer City stadium in background
2. Wide interior of SAFA House with 2010 FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup organising committee...
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RUSSIA: PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
Eng/Russian/Natsot
President Boris Yeltsin goes before the Russian parliament Thursday, to spell out his vision of Russia's future, including his plans for war-torn Chechnya.
Yeltsin delayed his state of the union address twice,...
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Chechnya - OSCE reaction to elections
Chechnya's elections were declared "free and fair" on Tuesday (28/1) by Tim Guildimann, head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission, which has had observer groups monitoring them.
WS election press...
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Switzerland - Kozyrev & Christopher After Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, speaking after talks with
U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher in Geneva, said on
Wednesday (18/1) the two powers were agreed that they would not
allow a "Cold Peace" to divide them....
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RUSSIA: OSCE CALLS FOR RESOLUTION TO CHECHNYA CONFLICT
German/Nat
Returning from a visit to Chechnya, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (O-S-C-E) in Europe, called on the Russians to resolve the conflict through political means.
Following her trip to the torn...
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FILE Chechnya's acting president rushed to hospital with food poisoning
File - 30 August 2003
1. Wide shot of Chechen Prime Minister Anatoly Popov sitting at conference table
2. Close up of Popov
The prime minister in Chechnya's Moscow-backed government, Anatoly Popov, has been taken to hospital with a...
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CHECHNYA: KOMSOMOLSKOYE: REBEL RESISTANCE
Russian/Nat
Russian troops conducting a mopping-up operation in the southern Chechen village of Komsomolskoye are facing stubborn resistance from small groups of rebels.
From early on Thursday, Russian artillery deployed around...
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European human rights official Gil-Robles on Chechnya
1. Wide shot of guests in the 'Echo of Moscow' radio studio
2. Mid shot of interviewer
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Alvaro Gil-Robles, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner:
"As for me, it is not a problem of the number of kidnapped...
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US Senate delegation visits Moscow, comments
1. Various shots of start of press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Sanders, US Congressman:
"We all understand, whether we are Russian or American, that it is terribly important that we fight Islamic fundamentalism and...
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TURKEY: OSCE SUMMIT: UPDATE (2)
French/Ger/Eng/Nat
Leaders attending the O-S-C-E summit being held in Istanbul have been urged to do all possible to ensure their governments help in the reconstruction of the war-damaged countries of the Balkans.
French President...
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Chechnya - Red Cross Aids Orphans
Winter has hit Chechnya hard and the International Red Cross is
busy dispersing food and supplies to orphaned children in Grozny,
the capital.
ext. ICRC centre in grozny
cu ICRC sign
ICRC trucks driving down street
ICRC van passing half...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RUSSIAN FORCES KEEP UP THE PRESSURE
Russian/Nat
Artillery fire and rockets from helicopter gunships rained down on Chechen positions in Grozny today (Friday) as Russian forces kept up the pressure to force Chechen rebels out of the city.
The Chechens are still putting up...