Chechens mark birthday of slain leader ahead of election
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Chechens marked the birthday of their murdered leader, days ahead of an election to replace him at the helm of the Caucasus republic where a five-year guerrilla war shows no signs of dying down.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced visit to Chechnya on Sunday, laying flowers at the grave of the war-ravaged region's assassinated president a week before elections for a new leader.
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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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Moscow, Aug 29 (VNA) - Chechens voted on Sunday in an election to choose a candidate as the Russian republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of terrorist attacks.
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OISKHARA, Russia - A man tried to bring a suspicious package to a polling station in Chechnya on Sunday during a presidential election, then died in an explosion as he ran away, the head of the Chechen election commision said on Russian television.    The Chechens voted for a president to replace the Kremlin-backed leader who was killed in a bomb blast in May...
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Against a backdrop of war and squalor, Chechens voted Sunday for a replacement for their assassinated president, in a vote the Kremlin hopes will bring some stability to a region wracked by a decade of violence.
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The authorities in war-torn Chechnya announce cash gifts for boys born on the slain leader's birthday.
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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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Chechnya&#39;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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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to wartorn Chechnya ahead of presidential elections next week. He laid a wreath at the grave of the province&#39;s recently assassinated Russian-backed leader.
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THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, made an unannounced visit to Chechnya yesterday to lay flowers at the grave of the regionâs assassinated president a week before the election to replace him.
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MOSCOW  - As Russia grapples with terrorism and instability in Chechnya, a powerful ruler-in-waiting is forcing President Vladimir Putin's hand: the 28-year-old son of a slain Chechen president who commands a feared militia and an oil-fuelled business empire.
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Russia observed a day of mourning on Thursday for at least 89 people who died in a mysterious double air disaster, which some fear could have been a terrorist attack ahead of a key election in rebel Chechnya.
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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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MOZDOK, Russia  - Chechens began voting Sunday for  a new president, 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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MOSCOW Police in Chechnya have orders to shoot anyone wearing a mask on sight ahead of Sunday&#39;s presidential election. Thousands of Russian soldiers and Chechen police are on 24-hour patrol ahead of the vote
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Moscow, Oct 5 (PTI) Major General Alu Alkhanov was today sworn-in as the President of Chechnya amid unprecedented security, nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated.