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On September 29, President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov moved an idea, when speaking at a sitting of the President's Council of Dagestan, of organizing of a congress of the peoples living in Dagestan for consolidation of the society in the fight against extremists. The initiative was ambiguously perceived in Dagestan.

The Chechen Office of the Russian Pension Fund has already issued 63,412 maternity capital certificates. However, many local certificate owners say that they prefer selling them to expand the possibilities of using state funds for the needs of their families.

Four Georgian servicemen from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) acting under the NATO auspice perished in performing their service duties. This was reported today by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Georgia.

Power agents, who made additional examination of the area in Semender settlement, located in Makhachkala outskirt, where a special operation was conducted on September 29, detected a powerful explosive device, together with components for making bombs and ammunition. This was reported by the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Starting October 1, according to the adopted amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, the country will introduce the institute of jurors, who will pass their final verdicts to defendants. The jury will comprise 12 persons and two substitutes.

Vyacheslav Alyoshin, deputy director of the Stavropol cafe "Gloria", who on September 30 reported to the militia about the car-bomb parked outside his institution, plans to pass the money premium promised by city officials to a children's home.

In the area of the agrarian marketplace in Cherkessk, explosion experts have de-mined a car, under the bottom of which a grenade was attached. Now they check the interior and luggage compartment.

The stormy wind that struck the Rostov Region at night on October 1 cut electricity supply to 24,700 residents.

Today in the afternoon, the passenger ship "Photon" was thrown out by storm ashore in the Adler District of Sochi. The crew is safe.

On October, 26, the Appellate Court of Warsaw will be hearing the case on temporary arrest of Ahmed Zakaev who had been announced for international search by Russia, Barbara Trembska, Press secretary of the court reported.

Naiib Nasirov killed during a special operation in Dagestan had been possibly involved in a series of murders of the personnel of law enforcement bodies and representatives of the authorities, National Anti-terror committee (NATC) reported.

A group of strangers pretending to be members of the top brass shot down the Manager of the subsidiary of "Sberbank" in Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria tonight in the town of Tirniauz, a representative of the republican Investigation committee reported.

The Greek ship-owner company FRIO VENTURES cannot come to an agreement with the Somali pirates about the buy-out sum for the merchant ship on board which there are 15 citizens of Georgia and 3 citizens of Turkey.

On September, 30, the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria accepted a law on prohibition of retail selling strong alcohol drinks in the night-time in the first reading.

On September, 30, some unidentified people fired upon a militia flying squad in Baksan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, two officers got wounded, a source in law enforcement bodied reported.

Despite almost everyday special operations aimed at liquidating militants, the social basis of terror in Northern Caucasus has been steadily growing, primarily because the region lacks any political and religious power rejecting terror. This was stated by Maxim Shevchenko, a member of the Public Chamber and head of the working group for promoting public dialogue and civil society institutions in the Caucasus, in the course of a working meeting.

The independence of South Ossetia has been recognized by the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic. This was reported today by Konstantin Kochiev, adviser to the President of South Ossetia, after holding negotiations with the leaders of the ruling party of this African republic.

Chechen law enforcers have detained a young man who had called the "Beeline" security service and said that a passenger bus stuffed with bombs was on its route from Moscow to Novosibirsk. And the neighbouring North Ossetia found a malefactor who had reported that a school in Beslan was mined.

September 30 is the Victory and Independence Day in Abkhazia. On this day in 1993 the Abkhaz armed forces ousted the troops of the State Council of the Republic of Georgia away from its territory and hoisted the national banner over the state border along the Inguri River. In Abkhazia, the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhazian conflict is treated as the Patriotic War.

In total, the two explosive devices neutralized today in Stavropol contained about 90 kilograms of explosive substance.