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Results of competitions conducted within the framework of the Internet and Tolerance Project have been announced. The project was carried out by the Internet Education Federation with the assistance of the Russian Ministry of Education, the British Council, the Eurasia Foundation, and the Moscow-based Social Partnership Center.

Each winner will be presented with a diploma, a free annual subscription to the Chechen Society newspaper, and a completely paid tree-day tour of the places of military operations in Chechnya.

The Russian air force and artillery have massively bombarded the outskirts of settlements in the Vedeno, Shatoy and Nozhay-Yurt districts of Chechnya in the last two days.

The Nansen Refugee Award is presented annually to an individual or organization known for considerable achievements for the welfare of refugees.

Malakhat Nasibova, a correspondent for the Turan agency and Liberty Radio in Nakhchivan, and Magomed Rzayev, a correspondent for the Azadlyg newspaper, have addressed law enforcement agencies, human rights groups, international organizations and the media with an appeal.

According to preliminary information, members of Suleiman Soltakhanov's illegal armed unit acting in the Vedeno district may be involved in the placing of the bombs.

Avaz Hasanov, Azerbaijan's coordinator of the International Working Group to search for missing persons, hostages and prisoners of war, was subjected to insults by a group of unknowns on June 11.

Shamil Alayev, an 18-year-old resident of Grozny, was killed and another young man, who was also suspected of membership in illegal armed units, was arrested during a special operation.

"Henceforward citizens of Armenia must apply for visas to Turkish diplomatic representatives abroad," reads a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

"The actions of the Georgian side don't promote the cause of normalization of the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Osetian conflict, which is so complicated now," reads the ministry's statement.

The roundtable discussion titled "The Media As a Factor in the Development of the Culture of Solidarity in Society" will be conducted in Krasnodar on June 18.

Umar Abuyev, a resident of the town of Krasnogorsk situated near Moscow, filed his application with the Chechen Central Election Commission late at night on June 15.

Georgian State Minister Georgy Khaindrava believes the zone controlled by the Combined Peacekeeping Forces should be reviewed since "today Russian peacekeepers refuse in fact to fulfill duties they are commissioned with."

Alu Alkhanov requested to appoint his deputy and namesake Ruslan Alkhanov Acting Chechen Interior Minister for the period of the election campaign.

Representatives of media organizations from more than 50 countries are attending it.

227 people suffered as a result of violations committed by Russian military men and Kadyrov's people in May.

The bomb was taken away and neutralized at about 2:30 p.m. today.

Abdulla Khamzayev's relatives, his close friends, residents of Urus-Martan, and his human rights colleagues gathered to bid farewell to the known defender of victims of war crimes and human right violations.

The project will end with seminars for police officers and prosecutors. Among the subject matters are "The Role of Interior Agencies in the Protection of Human Rights", "About the Police", and "Cooperation between the Ombudsperson and Police Agencies".

Members of the Rodina faction of the Russian State Duma accompanied by representatives of Krasnodar Region visited Abkhazia, Dmitry Rogozin being head of the delegation.