Moscow-backed leader wins Chechnya
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early results from a tense poll marked by a bomb blast in which only the attacker was killed. &quot;The presidential candidate Alu Alkhanov, according to preliminary results... has already passed the 50-percent barrier.
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GROZNY, Russia -- Chechnya's new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in yesterday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated and nearly a month after a wave of terrorist attacks blamed on Chechen rebels.
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A Kremlin-backed career police officer was set to be crowned leader of Chechnya after a vote that Moscow hopes will show progress towards peace in the embattled republic but which was nonetheless punctuated by violence.
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The Russian State Duma approved President Vladimir Putin's plan to replace direct popular election of regional leaders with a system under which they would be nominated by the president.
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GROZNY, Russia  - A Moscow-backed policeman was  set to become rebel Chechnya's president after a fraught  election Sunday marked by a bomb blast in which only the  attacker was killed.
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Nikolay Davydenko beat Greg Rusedski of Britain, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, in a tightly contested Kremlin Cup final Sunday to win his first Moscow title.
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GROZNY, Russia Aug. 29, 2004 - Chechens battered by five years of war, terrorism and misery voted Sunday for a president in an election that the Russian government portrayed as step toward stability, though
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The Kremlin&#39;s candidate has won Chechnya&#39;s presidential election but faces an uphill struggle to subdue the separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russian leaders for a decade.
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Russia's parliament overwhelmingly confirmed Viktor Zubkov as prime minister on Friday, two days after President Vladimir Putin surprised observers by nominating the virtually-unknown official.
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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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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin's favoured candidate for president of war-battered Chechnya overwhelmingly won an election that opponents claimed was riddled with fraud, Russian news agencies reported Monday citing preliminary results.
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Russian government has welcomed the election of the new Somali president, Col Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad. The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mr Aleksandr Yakovenko, said that his government hopes the remaining
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Kremlin-backed career police officer Alu Alkhanov looks set to be crowned leader of Chechnya after a vote in the breakaway Caucasus republic.
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GROZNY, Russia -- The Russian government's choice for president of Chechnya appeared to win in an election that unfolded yesterday in ghostly emptiness in the capital as many residents fled or stayed indoors to avoid potential violence.
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GROZNY, August 29 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Chechens Sunday, August 29, voted in an election to replace their slain pro-Moscow as another Kremlin-backed candidate was to win though seven others are standing in the race.
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The Russian government&#39;s choice for president of Chechnya appeared to win in an election that unfolded yesterday in ghostly emptiness in
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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.