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| Jan.3 |
Russia |
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Russia moves nuclear weapons Russia has shifted short-range nuclear weapons to Baltic base, U.S. say. Russia's defence ministry denied move
| Jan.5 |
Moscow |
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Court blow for media baron Court has reinstated a criminal fraud case against Vladimir Gusinsky. He is in Spain, free on $5.5 million bail
| Jan.7 |
Chechnya |
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11 killed in Chechnya Killed: 3 Chechen policemen, 3 Russian riot police in Grozny, 4 Russian soldiers, leader of a Moslem mosque
| Jan.11 |
North Caucasus |
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Kidnapping cause aid pullout U.N. and Medecins Sans Frontieres were suspending operations after masked gunmen seized the head of MSF mission
| Jan.13 |
North Caucasus |
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Kidnapped aid worker alive Kenny Gluck has been confirmed as still alive by Chechen officials
| Jan.15 |
Chechnya |
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Pledge on Chechen human rights Moscow will prosecute troops charged with abuses and narrow the gap between complaints and court cases
| Jan.16 |
Moscow |
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Media baron's ally arrested Finance director Anton Titov was detained. The head of the media empire Gusinsky is facing fraud charges
| Jan.19 |
Moscow |
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Plea over ex-Yeltsin aide Russia has asked Switzerland to drop an extradition request against Borodin. He was arrested in US
| Jan.20 |
Chechnya |
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Chechnya pullback announced Kremlin will rely more on local police and special forces
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Melbourne |
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Kournikova advanced to quarterfinal She won 6-3, 6-1 over Rittner and now faces Davenport, the defending titlist
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Russia |
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Poverty forces abortions Abortion accounts for 10 to 15% of secondary infertility
| Jan.22 |
Moscow |
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Cold kills 16 in Moscow 114 were hospitalized, 21 suffered from frostbite | |
| Jan.23 |
Russia |
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Scientists: 2 blasts sank Kursk Seismic analysis suggests 2 successive onboard explosions, not a collision, destroyed a Russian sub | |
| Jan.28 |
Chechnya |
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Chechens ransom U.S. aid worker K. Gluck, regional head of the Doctors Without Borders, kidnapped on January 9, is being ransomed by a rebel group | |
| Jan.30 |
Moscow |
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Yeltsin taken to hospital Yeltsin had acute viral infection | |
| Jan.31 |
Spain |
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TV boss to fight extradition Media magnate Gusinsky will fight extradition to Russia to face fraud charges. He has been under effective house arrest | |
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