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Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya are establishing the person and circumstances of death of the unknown man, who on October 5 fell victim of an explosion in the mountainous Vedeno District of the republic.

The result of one year of operation of the so-called "children's law" in the Krasnodar Territory was young people's increased fear of people in militia uniform, believes Vadim Karastelyov, expert of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR). In the opinion of state officials, the expired year of the law in action saw a serious reduction in teenagers' criminality, and also a reduction of crimes committed against teenagers.

The news about bombardment of Disev village, Tskhinvali District of South Ossetia, from the Georgian party is not true. This was stated by Vladimir Dzhugeli, head of the chief territorial department of the internal affairs of the Georgian frontier region Shida Kartli.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov said that the Prime Minister of the republic will be appointed within two weeks.

Today, at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, the litigation began with discussion of the petition moved by the prosecution with demand to remove defendant Anzor Mashukov from the courtroom for regular misconduct. Also today, the court has interrogated two witnesses, residents of the Zolskiy District, one of whom is Amin Gendugov, Imam of the mosque located in Zolukokoazhe village.

On October 6, Makhachkala will host the next court hearing on charges of the journalists of the Dagestan-based newspaper "Chernovik" (Blueprint) of extremism. In the opinion of the edition's Biyakay Magomedov, if there is no political order in the case, the journalists will be acquitted.

In the context with the mass murder, committed in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) on April 30 this year, more than 1600 persons were interrogated as witnesses, over 60 examinations were held, as reported to journalists by Zakir Garalov, General Public Prosecutor of the republic.

Servicemen of the united regiment of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia named "Leader", who came in mid-September to Chechnya for demining the territory of one of local state farms, have already cleared over eight hectares of arable land from explosives.

The would-be today's hearing in Dubai on the case about murder attempt on Hero of Russia, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev, committed on March 28 this year, was re-appointed on October 26 for unknown reasons.

In Tskhinvali, there are families, who continue, after the last year's August war, living in tents. Out of 3500 houses under restoration, the authorities promise to finish only 250 before winter. So far, even in Tskhinvali not a single house is ready, except for the cottage settlement "Moskovskiy", built for Moscow's money.

Today in Germany after long illness in the age of 67 years known Georgian composer Alexander Basilaya has died.

Today in Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan) was the last day of the 9th Summit of Turk-Language Countries, which has established a new format of regional cooperation.

On October 2, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, now on his pan-Armenian tour in the context of public consultations on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, met in Paris representatives of Armenian organizations of Europe. In Paris, Sargsyan was met by a mass protest action of his compatriots.

The Caucasus is overwhelmed with rumours about secret "death squadrons", which are murdering militants and their helpers. The "Newsweek" magazine has concluded, having held its investigation, that the notion of "death squadrons" is just a nice symbol, most likely backed by local operative agents.

In the Kayakent District of Dagestan, near Bashlykent village, a large terror act on the gas pipeline Mozdok-Kazimagomed was prevented, as reported by the group of public relations of the Department for Dagestan of the FSB.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called the world community to urge Georgia and Russia to make responsible those who had broken the laws of war and was involved in deaths of peaceful residents and destructions in the course of the military conflict in Southern Caucasus in summer of 2008.

As reported to journalists by Araz Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, opening of communications is an important component of negotiations on Karabakh settlement.

The "Laura and Medni" studio of design and fashion, the largest in Northern Caucasus, will be opened in the Chechen capital by the end of October. The studio will be engaged in developing clothes for Chechen women with account of national traditions and customs.

The government of Armenia has announced the monastic complexes of the Lori Region to be tourist centres, having named this region as "Northern Gate". The Ministry of Economy was given 6 months for drafting a development programme of this tourist centre and bringing it to the government.

On October 2, Heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Abkhazia Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shamba signed an agreement on visa-free travels, which will allow Abkhazians and Russians crossing their border not only by foreign documents, but also by their domestic passports. It is expected that the agreement will come into force in 30 days.