Chechen Rebels Want Own Muslim State, Laws
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Rebels linked to the school hostage-taking seek independence from Russia and most want to make Chechnya a sovereign Muslim nation.
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NAZRAN, Russia  - Rebels in Chechnya have not  attacked Russian forces in the three days since the rebels'  fugitive leader ordered a cease-fire, a source in the  mountainous region's pro-Moscow police said on Sunday.
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Chechnya's most notorious warlord Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage taking in southern Russia, according to a letter posted on a rebel website.
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Opponents question the Chechnya election win of Alu Alkhanov, who vows to continue the war on rebels.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia -- A Chechen rebel leader told a Russian newspaper that a unilateral cease-fire he announced should help lead to peace talks with the Kremlin, and an official said yesterday that the truce had been holding for a week.
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Chechen rebels, in a swift reply to a Russian bounty offer for their leaders, promised on Thursday to give &#36;20 million to anyone helping them to capture President Vladimir Putin.
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Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage taking in southern Russia, according to a letter posted on a rebel website.
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Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov is ready to give up his separatist fight and is seeking a way to negotiate with the Kremlin on his surrender, a top Chechen security official said Friday.
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A Web site linked to Chechnya's separatist rebels has reported that top leaders of the insurgency have called for a unilateral cease-fire to be observed in February.
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At least 22 Chechen rebels were killed by Russian troops in the separatist republic, including a man officials say was linked to the assassination of Chechnya âs pro-Moscow president Akhmad Kadyrov.
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A Danish man released from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba says he wants to join Muslim Chechens in their fight against Russia.
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Chechen attacks highlight Russia's failure to crush a rebellion
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Chechnya's rebel leader said on Friday  he would put warlord Shamil Basayev on trial one day for the  mass hostage-seizing at a Russian school in which more than 320  people were killed, half of them children.
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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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Notorious Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev took responsibility for the school siege in the North Ossetian city of Beslan. In a letter posted on the Kavkaz-Center Web site, Basayev said the attackers demanded
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Chechnya's rebel leader said on Friday  that warlord Shamil Basayev would go on trial for the mass  hostage-seizing at a Russian school that ended with more than  320 people being killed, half of them children.
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The Kremlin-backed president of Chechnya said Monday he was open to negotiating with rebel leaders if they could ensure that their followers make good on any commitments undertaken in peace talks.