New Chechen Leader Vows Peace, Poll Criticized
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GROZNY, Russia  - Chechnya's new leader vowed  Monday to rebuild the shattered region and crush extremists  after winning an election condemned by a rights group as a show  stage-managed by Moscow.
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The new president of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, is due to be sworn in amid high security in the capital, Grozny.
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Akhmed Zakayev, a London-based Chechen separatist and fierce critic of Moscow, says he will not be intimidated.
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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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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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A Kremlin-backed career police officer was set to be crowned leader of Chechnya in a vote Sunday that Moscow hopes will show progress towards peace in the embattled
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GROZNY,  - 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  - A Moscow-backed policeman was  set to become rebel Chechnya's new president in a fraught  election Sunday marked by a bomb blast in which only the  attacker was killed.
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Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility Friday for a recent series of terrorist attacks in Russia.
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Chechens elect a new president Sunday, 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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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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ZNAMENSKOYE, Russia  - Chechens voted Sunday for a  new president in a tense election, but many doubted the  Moscow-backed police officer who was set to win would manage to  stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region.
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PROKHLADNY, Russia  - Chechens elect a new  president Sunday, 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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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 : 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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GROZNY, Russia  - A Moscow-backed policeman won  Chechnya's presidential election Sunday, according to early  results from a tense poll marked by a bomb blast in which only  the attacker was killed.
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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.