Doubts voiced over Chechen poll
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Opponents have questioned the Chechen election win of Alu Alkhanov, who vowed to triumph over the region&#39;s rebels. Mr Alkhanov, Moscow&#39;s preferred candidate, was officially reported to have won more than 73.
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Chechen leader Aslan Mashadow revealed divisions between him and Shamil Basayev, the former Chechen commander who orchestrated the siege of the grammar school in Beslan, North Ossetia, when he declared that a criminal court would judge Basayev.
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The deadly Chechen militant attack on a school in southern Russia has produced a split in the rebel cause, Russian officials claimed on Saturday.
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The surge in violence has led many experts to voice serious doubts about whether legitimate elections can be held in January.
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The kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq and the summer Athens Olympics are commented on, and some papers look at the results of the Chechen election.
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GROZNY, Russia : Chechens voted in an election expected to crown a Kremlin-backed candidate as the strife-torn republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of rebel attacks.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russia began counting the cost  on Saturday at the end of siege of a school captured by Chechen  gunmen which killed at least 200 people and cast fresh doubts  on Moscow's policy in the turbulent region.
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The Kremlin's candidate has won Chechnya's presidential election but faces an uphill struggle to subdue a resurgence of a separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russian leaders for a decade.
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Ten years after Chechnya descended into war, and less than four months after its president was assassinated in a bomb blast, Chechens are voting for his successor Sunday in an atmosphere of violence and suspicion.
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GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners.    Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj...
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The State Department said Monday the presidential election in Chechnya was seriously flawed and did not meet international standards.
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As voters went to the polls Sunday in Chechnya, there was little doubt about who would be anointed president of the embattled Russian
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A glance at Chechnya, which holds a presidential election Sunday, and its conflict. Russian authorities have expressed concern that separatist rebels could carry out attacks linked to the election to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Russian president killed by a bombing in May.
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Russia's war-torn republic of Chechnya votes in a presidential election to replace its slain pro-Moscow leader, amid fears of rebel raids.
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Following is a selection of comments on the school siege in North Ossetia, where Russian soldiers have battled Chechen separatists to end the two-day standoff.
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ASTANA/ALMATY  - Oil-rich Kazakhstan failed to  meet a pledge to hold its first free and fair election,  international monitors said Monday, casting doubt over an  apparent victory for pro-presidential parties.
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Georgian Defense Minister Georgy Baramidze Friday denied the Russian reports that there are Chechen bases and groups on the territory of Georgia, the Itar-Tass reported.