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On November 3, at about 10:00 p.m. Moscow time, a mass fight took place in the central park of Solnechnogorsk (Moscow suburb) between local youth and natives from the Caucasus. Seven persons were injured.

Today in the morning, at about 6 a.m., about 50 power agents rushed, by breaking the gate through by an armoured troop-carrier (ATC), into the house of Albakov, Azi Yunusovich, a deputy of the alternative parliament - the Ingush Public Movement (IPM) "National Assembly of Ingushetia", and made a search there.

Positions of ombudspersons (commissioners) on children's rights are introduced in schools of the Rostov Region. In the opinion of the officials, it will promote better microclimate in school environment, reduction of the count of offences and increase of legal literacy among pupils and their parents.

The main positive result of the Moscow meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia is the fact of signing, for the first time after ceasefire in 1994, of a written document by the leaders of the two countries.

On November 2, the Drama Theatre of the city of Cherkessk hosted a mourning session of the Republic's public to commemorate the deportation day of one of the nations of Karachaevo-Circassia.

Today in Tbilisi, some dozens members of the radical youth organization "November 7" have made an attempt to capture the building of the "Georgian TV Channel One".

Ten residents of Ingushetia and two of Chechnya, kept at the pre-trial detention facility (SIZO) in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, are on full hunger strike since October 21.

363 trees have been cut down in the Sochi National Park, on the Grushevoy Ridge, in the vicinity Senokosnaya Meadow. The Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus reports, that the area, where trees were cut, makes several hectares.

The Baku Appeal Court finished considering the case a consideration of case about collapse in summer of 2007 of an unfinished multi-storey building in Baku. The appeal petition lodged by the workers of the LLC "Mutafakkir" building company was left unsatisfied.

Mark Burnatsev, a resident of the capital of North Ossetia, was awarded with this year's title of World Champion in traditional Wu-Shu. He was recognized as the winner at the competitions held in the Chinese city of Chiyan.

President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev has discussed with the president of the Turkish holding named "Yayla Turk" Yasmin Zakeria setting up of agricultural processing enterprises in the territory of Dagestan.

This year, 3000 pilgrims from Chechnya will make their Hajj to Mecca. The number of free-of-charge places in the quota was cut by more than three times.

Today, the new president of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has dismissed the government of the republic, having signed the corresponding resignation decree.

Before the end of 2008, the National Television and Radio Board of Azerbaijan plans to make decision to stop broadcasting of radio stations Liberty, Voice of America in national frequencies.

Illegal stay of migrants in the territory of Volgograd Region is fraught not only with violations of the migratory legislation. Cases are frequent, when they are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or sick with other socially dangerous diseases. The Regional Administration suggests placing such patients to temporary accommodation centres (TACs) for clearing all their circumstances.

None of the companies, who signed investment agreements and land leasing contracts in the "Azov-City" gambling zone, has cancelled them because of financial crisis.

Mother of Magomed Tsechoev, condemned for an attack on power agencies of Ingushetia, insists that her son is innocent, asserts that he was tortured and asks human rights activists to meet him in the colony. Tsechoev's case is pending at the European Court for Human Rights for two years already.

In 2008, at least three persons died in Azerbaijani police stations during the first hours after detention. This is stated in the document issued by the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) of Azerbaijan, headed by human rights defender Leila Yunus.

Eighty-nine criminal cases in relation to 104 participants of the events on March 1 in Yerevan have been already sent to courts; this is the result of the six-month-long investigation. Now, seven persons are in pre-trial custody. This was reported by Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor of Armenia, during his meeting with Silva Zege, special representative of Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The bridge across the Tirifoni River located in the Georgian-South-Ossetian border and connecting the Ossetian village of Zemo Artsevi with the Georgian village of Kveshi was blown up today. There were no casualties.