New Chechen Leader Vows Peace, Poll Criticized
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GROZNY, Russia  - Chechnya's new leader vowed on  Monday to rebuild the shattered region and crush extremists,  after winning an election condemned by rights groups as a  stage-managed show and by Washington as seriously flawed.
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MOSCOW, August 31 (Itar-Tass) - Alu Alkhanov intends to unite Chechens all over Russia. âMany are ready to return home, and I shall do my best to make this true.
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Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, pledged on Monday to fight violence and drug trafficking as he took power in a country racked by crime.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president Tuesday,  promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the  economy's dependence on narcotics.
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Chechnya is to elect a new president, three months after the last one was killed in a bomb attack.
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GROZNY, Russia  - Chechnya's pro-Kremlin leader  was sworn in as president of the turbulent Russian region  Tuesday and acknowledged immediately he was a prime target for  assassination by separatists.
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for last month&#39;s Beslan school hostage-taking, warned Sunday that he was ready to fight Russia for a decade and insisted civilians remained a fair target.
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Chechnya has inaugurated its latest pro-Moscow leader, Alu Alkhanov, in a ceremony kept secret to all but a few due to heightened security concerns.
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Chechens elect a new president today, but few expect peace to follow from a Kremlin-sponsored contest overshadowed by fighting and twin plane crashes some have linked to rebels in the region.
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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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War-ravaged Chechnyaâs million-strong population goes to the polls today to elect a new president amid strong signs that the downing of two Russian airliners last week, with the loss of 89 lives, was the work of separatist rebels.
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With a sense of foreboding, Chechnya prepared on Saturday for a presidential election to replace its slain pro-Moscow leader as rebels vowed to keep up their attacks in the war-torn republic.
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Nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated, Maj. Gen. Alu Alkhanov was sworn in as Chechnya's president Tuesday in a heavily guarded ceremony seen as another step in the Kremlin's strategy to undermine rebels in the war-ravaged region, Russian media reported.
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GROZNY: With strained nerves, omnipresent security and a feeling of dread, war-weary Chechnya braces for a Kremlin-organised poll tomorrow to replace its leader, slain by a bomb three months ago.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president yesterday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and an end to the economyâs dependence on narcotics.
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ALU Alkhanov, Chechnyaâs president-elect, yesterday pledged to bring peace and stability to his war-torn southern Russian region, a day after the Kremlin-backed candidate won a vote tainted by allegations of fraud and overshadowed by fears of terrorism.