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| 2005 |
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| Oct.13 |
100 die as city of Nalchik raided| Civilians are among killed in clashes between police and gunmen in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria province | | |
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| 2005 |
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| Feb.2 |
'Gas poisoning' kills PM Vice Premier: Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania has died of apparent "gas poisoning" at the Tblisi home of a friend
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| May.31 |
11 mourners killed in bus plunge A minibus carrying mourners to a relative's funeral plunged off a mountain road
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| Dec.23 |
Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23| An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed along the coast of the Caspian Sea, killing all passengers and crew | |
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| Dec.24 |
23 dead recovered from air crash The bodies of all aboard a turboprop plane that crashed near Baku have been recovered from the wreckage
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| 2005 |
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| May.25 |
Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens| Oil is set to flow from Azerbaijan direct to the Mediterranean for the first time after a $3.6bn pipeline opened | | |
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| Oct.13 |
Armenia heirs win $17m Axa payout The descendants of those who died in killings by Ottoman Turks have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit
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| 2005 |
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| Feb.1 |
Deadly blast hits police station
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| May.10 |
US investigates Georgia 'grenade'
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| May.17 |
Beslan school siege trial opens
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| May.18 |
Live grenade 'was threat to Bush' A hand grenade found close to Bush during his visit to Georgia was armed and could have gone off
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| Aug.25 |
Blast wounds Ingushetia PM Prime Minister Ibragim Malsagov has been wounded when 2 bombs targeted his car in an assassination attempt
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| Sep.2 |
1 dead in Russia army truck blast A bomb exploded in a pile of garbage in the capital of region of Dagestan
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| Oct.13 |
100 die as city of Nalchik raided| Civilians are among killed in clashes between police and gunmen in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria province | | |
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| Oct.13 |
Russian hostages freed Russian forces killed 8 militants and freed 5 hostages who were held in a police station for nearly 24 hours
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| Dec.26 |
'No mistakes' says Beslan report Prosecutors investigating last year's school siege say no mistakes were made by the authorities during the crisis
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| 2005 |
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| Feb.2 |
'Gas poisoning' kills PM Vice Premier: Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania has died of apparent "gas poisoning" at the Tblisi home of a friend
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| May.9 |
Bush dances after arrival| U.S. President arrived in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the fourth stop in a 5-day trip | |
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| May.10 |
Bush: Georgia 'beacon of liberty' U.S. President has told a crowd of tens of thousands that Georgia is proving that determined people can rise up
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| Aug.31 |
Beslan mourns a year after siege People in Beslan are beginning 3 days of mourning to mark a year since gunmen laid siege to a school
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| Sep.2 |
Putin meets angry Beslan mothers Russian President has met a delegation of survivors and relatives of the victims of the school siege
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| Sep.3 |
Russia marks end of Beslan siege The town is preparing for a final ceremony marking the anniversary of a school siege in which 331 people died
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| Sep.23 |
Armenian forum ban splits Turks Turkey's prime minister and the EU have criticised a court ruling ordering the cancellation of the conference
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| Nov.6 |
Voting begins The parliamentary vote got under way before international monitors
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| Nov.6 |
Ruling party 'wins' polls The electoral body: New Azerbaijan Party won 58%, while opposition parties were in single figures
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| Nov.26 |
Police break up mass rally| Police in Baku have used truncheons, tear gas and water cannon to disperse a protest over the election results | |
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| Nov.26 |
US condemns Azeri rally policing The US has censured the use of force to disperse crowds in Baku who were protesting about parliamentary elections
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| Dec.28 |
Beslan report blames police The head of the parliamentary commission: local law enforcement officials negligently ignored instructions