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10 out of 25 Armenian athletes have completed their performance at the London Olympic Games. None of them won points for their national team. The number of the defeated athletes includes two swimmers, two judokas, three weightlifters, one gymnast, one boxer, and one shooter.

Torture, which power agents apply to detainees, contributes to leaving of young people "for the forest". This was stated by Maryam Akhmatova, the leader of the public organization "Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria for Protection of Citizens' Rights and Freedoms", at the conference, held in Nalchik and dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the movement "For Human Rights". Lev Ponomaryov, the leader of the movement "For Human Rights", recommended local human rights defenders to complete an analytical note on the existence of opinions about how to administer the situation in the republic from one centre and promised to bring it to the authorities of the country.

Today, in Baku, Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Abid Abdinbekov, considered an appeal, filed by Anar Bairamly, a staff member of the representative office of the Iranian TV in Azerbaijan. The Court has partially granted the appeal and reduced the journalist's punishment from 2 years of imprisonment to 1 year of imprisonment.

Yesterday, on August 1, at the highway Makhachkala-Astrakhan, in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, three unidentified men in camouflage and masks shot and killed a resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

On August 2-12, Jewish communities of Northern Caucasus will be visited by the Jewish ethnographic expedition, organized by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR). The expedition will visit the cities of Novocherkassk, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Armavir, Stavropol, Volgograd, and Volzhsky.

On August 1, near the residence of the President of Armenia, an action was held in support of sentenced activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC). The action was attended by the ANC activists and representatives of a number of public organizations.

The Baku Court of Serious Crimes announced a break for indefinite term in the trial in the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural". Judge Ramella Allakhverdieva did not appoint the date of the next session. In his turn, the defendant has assumed that the break is announced in connection with vacation of the Judge.

More than 20 children, whose parents disappeared during the war in the territory of Chechen Republic, were sent to spend their holidays in the sanatorium of the city of Nalchik. Another group of orphaned children from Chechnya will rest there in September.

Today, in the Lenin District of Makhachkala, 22 families of the dwelling settlement named "Rembaza" (Turaly-1) were cut off from gas supply. According to the residents of the settlement, the city authorities try to put pressure and unlawfully clean the territory for the construction of the satellite town "Lazurny Bereg" (Cote d'Azur).

Muhammad Hafezi (Havez), Advisor on Consular Affairs of the Embassy, has completed his diplomatic mission in Armenia. This was reported by the Embassy of Syria in Armenia. The Spokesperson of the press service of the Embassy assumed that Muhammad Hafezi has joined the opposition.

On July 31, about 15 residents of Astrakhan gathered near the monument "For Fighters for Soviet Power" in Bratsky Park to attend the picket in support of Article 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The action was held peacefully, without clashes with the police.

Abam Khizriev, detained resident of Dagestan, accused of committing a major road traffic accident, is in serious condition and he needs urgent hospitalization. This is stated by his relatives. According to them, Abam Khizriev swallowed a tablespoon to express his protest, and the investigatory authorities refute the statements of the detainee's relatives.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has appointed the parliamentary elections on October 1 this year. This was announced by Manana Mandjgaladze, Press Speaker of the Georgian President.

12 persons were injured in a crash of a minibus in the high-mountain village of Barisakho of the Dusheti District in eastern Georgia, which fell into a ravine 60 meters deep. This was reported by Givi Amirkhanashvili, Deputy Governor of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region.

In the Krymsk District of the Krasnodar Territory, affected by the flooding, 1699 buildings cannot be restored. The regional administration offers the owners of the buildings two options of compensation ready apartments or social welfare payment for the purchase of housing.

Journalists are forbidden to quote the testimonies of witnesses in the case against athlete Rasul Mirzaev, after whose punch Ivan Agafonov, a Moscow resident, died. This was announced by Evgeniya Pazukhina, Press Secretary of the Zamoskvorechye Court of Moscow.

Lawyer of Magomed Sulaev, a released resident of the Khasavyurt District, claims that she is not given the results of the medical examination, which her client underwent on the fact of detection of bodily injuries.

Starting from August 1, the "Armavia" Company, the national Armenian air carrier, begins to perform additional flight to Syria. The flight is planned to be performed on Wednesdays on the airplane "Boeing", which seats 108 passengers. This was announced by the press service of the airline.

Military combat engineers of the federal forces, who starting from the beginning of April conduct a large-scale mine clearing of farmland in five districts of Chechnya, have already cleared the total territory of 420 hectares of mines, unexploded ammunition, and various explosive devices. In total, the military combat engineers are to clear the territory of 1700 hectares.

The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia has taken under special control the investigation into the criminal case on the fact of the attempt on lives of police officers, which was instituted after the armed clash in the territory of the Ingush State University. Relatives of the suspected militants, killed during the incident, question the official version of their death.