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28.11.2004 - A militant blew himself up with a hand grenade
A militant blew himself up with a hand grenade, facing arrest. One police officer was killed in the incident, with two other officers and an aide to a federal inspector wounded, a source in the republic’s Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti.
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27.11.2004 - Russia’s public organizations suggest reinstating those famous DND voluntary people’s patrols
Russia’s public organizations suggest reinstating those famous DND voluntary people’s patrols, which had won a reputation for themselves back in Soviet times; such patrols will make it possible to fight terrorism more effectively, reads a November 26 resolution, which was passed, after a session of several Moscow public organizations wound up here today.
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27.11.2004 - No definite decision on visa for Dalai Lama - ministry
No definitive decision has been made yet on whether the Dalai Lama will be issued a visa for Russia, or on when his visit to Russia will take place, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko.
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27.11.2004 - Russians prefere Viktor Yunukovich (34%) as a candidate meeting Russian interests, Viktor Yushchenko supported only by 7%
According to a representative opinion poll of 1600 Russians that Yury Levada’s Analytical Centre conducted on November 19-22, 66% of respondents voiced their attitude to Ukraine as "good", 13% as "very good" and 17% as "negative".
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26.11.2004 - Most Russians oppose returning islands to Japan - poll
Two-thirds of Russians (65%) have a negative attitude on the possible return of two of the four disputed Kuril Islands to Japan, while 14% are indifferent, and only 9% are supportive of the proposed move.
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26.11.2004 - Every week some 500 to 1,000 people in Russia become HIV carriers
"Every week some 500 to 1,000 people in Russia become HIV carriers, the total now coming up to 310,000", Pokrovski said. While earlier the infection was spread by drug addiction, today over 50 percent of the HIV cases get it sexually, he stressed. Women getting HIV means an increasing incidence of children born with HIV, he added.
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25.11.2004 - Over 200,000 Killed in Chechnya Since 1994
Chechen authorities claim that in the period from 1994 to the present, the country has lost more than 200,000 adults and over 20,000 children. Today, about 50 civilians are lilled monthly
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25.11.2004 - A Slovak hostage was rescued in Chechnya today
Officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, took part in an operation to track down and save Miriam Jevikova, 28, reports Sergei Ignatchenko, FSB chief of PR. He says it is too early now to offer any details to the public.
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24.11.2004 - Physicist found guilty in high treason, imprisoned for 14 years
The Krasnoyarsk territorial court on Wednesday found guilty in high treason physicist Valentin Danilov and sentenced him to 14 years in a tough regime colony.
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23.11.2004 - At present corruption in Russia has amounted to a level where it threatens human rights
On Tuesday the Russian State Duma will hold parliamentary hearings on problems of implementing Russian legislation in connection with Russia’s joining the UN Corruption Convention and the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and Civil Law Convention on Corruption.
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