Anger rising in volatile Caucasus
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School saga is inflaming old divides between ethnic groups.
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A Chechen human rights researcher is warning that militant Islamic ideology is gaining currency in the Russian separatist region of Chechnya and broadening its appeal elsewhere in the tense North Caucasus.
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An escalation of ethnic violence is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Exasperated Georgians crowded at the capital's airport in disbelief yesterday after Russia cut all travel links with the former Soviet republic in retaliation for detaining four of its military officers for espionage.
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Soflan Siukayev has already lived through one war in South Ossetia. Now his family has been caught up in a second. In his house in the centre of Tskhinvali, Soflan points out a blackened hole above the sofa the size of a man&#39;s hand.
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The opposition has set a huge protest to demand the president admit electoral defeat, sparking fears of more violence
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A town in the northern Russia remains tense after days of mass race riots, reports say.
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people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed. In a second dawn attack in the capital on Friday, guerrillas killed at
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Georgia is worried it will become the first place where Moscow will carry out its threat of preventive strikes against terrorists.
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Georgia's opposition gears up for mass street protests, accusing the authorities of rigging presidential elections.
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In the wake of the Beslan school tragedy, Tim Whewell travels to Russia's troubled North Caucasus region to assess the threat of terrorism.
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A summit of ex-Soviet republics billed as forging a common front against terrorism after the Beslan school siege descended into acrimony as Georgia accused Russia of double standards.
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Shifting alliances raise tension with Moscow.
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Around 35,000 people protested in the Georgian capital on Sunday against a presidential election they say leader Mikhail Saakashvili rigged.
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Police have raided Georgian businesses  in Moscow after Russia cut transport links with its southern  neighbor, escalating a crisis between the two states.
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Georgia released four Russian officers whose arrest on spying charges has angered its giant northern neighbor, but a vengeful Russia pushed ahead Monday with punitive sanctions aimed at dealing a painful blow to the economically struggling Caucasus nation.
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Chechens have voted for a new president in a tense election, but many doubt the Moscow-backed police officer who is set to win will manage to stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region.