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In Dagestan, the commission for assisting in adaptation to peaceful life of the persons who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities was approached by three residents of Dagestan who had been convicted for burning down the outlets, where alcohol was sold.

The demolition in Baku of the one-storey building at No. 38 Shamsi Badalbeyli Street, which housed the offices of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), headed by the well-known human rights defender Leila Yunus, aroused great international resonance.

Each pupil of forms 1-4 of the cities of Stepanakert and Shushi will be provided with a computer that has been specially designed and developed for educational purposes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computers are provided to schoolchildren free of charge.

The married couple Abdulazizi and Zargan Osupov, residents of the village of Elistanzhi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, fear that their house may be burnt down by power agents as punishment for their son's joining militants. They shared their fears with the staff of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.

Sergey Shamba's election office has a statement, where the presidential candidate rejects allegations of using the so-called "black PR". This reaction followed, after another presidential candidate Alexander Ankvab accused Shamba's staff of organizing the scandalous interview with former head of the Georgian Defence Ministry.

On August 17, at the trial of activists of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), the defendants went on evidencing and categorically rejected any accusations of an attempt to forcibly overthrow the power.

According to law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, members of power ministries of the republic killed 12 participants of armed underground as a result of three special operations. The operations were carried out in the evening of August, 17, and at night of August, 18, in two districts of Chechnya and Grozny.

“The bailiffs and riot squad have entered the house No 25 in Veselaya street belonging to Vladimir Tkachenko and are beating up the tenants in front of their underage children’s very eyes”, Natalia Kalinovskaya, Chairperson of Territorial Public Self-government, reported.

On August, 17, Alik Pliev, Deputy of the Parliament of South Osetia from People’s party, was beaten up in Tskhinval, Inara Gabaraeva, Head of the Committee of victims of fire in North Osetia, reports.

A participant of armed underground killed on August, 16, in Kabardino-Balkaria had formerly been criminally liable for participation in a paramilitary group and robbery but was acquitted by the jury. This was an information from the investigative bodies of the republic.

An active stage of the special operation which started on August, 15, in Khasavyurt and Kizilyurt districts of Dagestan and recommenced this morning has come to an end, a source in the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.

Union of Veterans of the Patriotic war of the Abkhazian people in 1992-1993 “Amtsakhara” condemned the show of an interview with ex-Minister of Defense of Georgia in Sukhum who reported his collaboration with Vice-president of the republic Alexander Anquab.

Electricity in the Section of the Interests of Georgia with the Embassy of Switzerland in the Russian Federation was switched off once again because the debts for rent and utility payments were not liquidated. This was reported by Oleg Anikiev, Director General of close corporation “RusInvestProject”, owner of “Business-center Ostozhenka” limited company, where the section is located.

The well-known Georgian stage director Robert Sturua was dismissed from his post of the artistic director at the Shota Rustaveli State Drama Theatre because of his xenophobic statements, Nikoloz Rurua, Minister of Culture and Protection of Monuments of Georgia, told reporters today.

At the present time, the circumstances of kidnapping of Vakha Zhovbatyrov, a resident of Ingushetia, are being clarified, said Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Ingush Security Council.

In Armenia, the state of health of the bodyguards wounded in the shootout in the restaurant "Arsnakar" is treated by medics as moderate gravity. Their lives are out of danger, say the doctors of the surgery ward of the medical centre "Armenia".

At the trial held by the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of explosion at the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), the prosecutor has read out the indictment.

On August 16, all polling stations of Abkhazia exposed voter lists; practically everything is ready on the ground for the presidential election, said Batal Tabagua, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC).

The names of first winners of the 5th Pan-Armenian Games, which were kicked off in Yerevan on August 13 under the motto "Artsakh-Armenia-Diaspora", have become known.

Karen Andreasyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, has stated that the actions of the Yerevan Mayoralty and police aimed to dismantle kiosks are illegitimate and violate human rights.