An armored personnel carrier hit a high-capacity landmine that had been planted by gunmen on a road.

On August 13 human rights advocacy NGOs expressed concern regarding the Tbilisi District Court decision that obliged the investigative TV program 60 Minutes to pay 1 million lari (USD 450 000) to Georgian Railway Department Chairman Akaki Chkheidze.

Separatists clothed in masks fired a building of the village administration from the automatic and escaped from the scene of the crime.

On July 27, 2003 withindoors of the Khostinsky Regional Interior Department Alexander Shvets and Tomaz Tsatsoria were beaten by militiamen with the purpose of giving false evidence.

A political scientist Aslan Khalidi noted in his report "Foreign Compatriots' Resources To Obtain Information About Azerbaijan" that there was a need of working out a mechanism of providing foreign compatriots with information about their historical native land.

Director of the Moscow Bureau on Human Rights Alexander Brod and Director of the Center of International Cooperation Ashot Airapetian prepared a writ on honor, dignity and business reputation protection to the Publishing House "Arguments and Facts", to the newspaper of the same name, and personally to the journalist Ekaterina Bichkova.

"Now the Commission is discussing the possibility to conduct an observation of the elections in Chechnya under the aegis of the Commission and by human rights activists' strength. the MHG, from its part, finds this initiative to be of vital importance," reads the letter.

Representatives of various public organizations, including youth movements, will appear as observers.

Meeting participants discussed a plan of preparation of the annual study and enlightening action "Human Rights - Every Day", which is held by the Federal Commissioner's staff at schools and institutes of higher education of Moscow in the first half of September.

For the first six months of the current year 510 archival criminal cases were reviewed by the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria under the law on rehabilitation of victims of political repressions.

The ambassadors of the countries entering the Group of the Friends of the UN Secretary-General on Georgia - the US, Great Britain, France, Russia, and Germany - will also take part in the meeting.

Separatists set the building of the police station on fire, besides, the attackers stole three cars.

The UN Security Council's Committee on Sanctions against "Taliban", "Al-Qaeda" and affiliated persons and organizations on Tuesday completed consideration of a joint statement of Russia, the United States and Great Britain requesting the inclusion of Chechen separatist leader Shamil Basayev in the Security Council counterterrorist list.

The Election Commission of Chechnya invited observers from the OSCE, the PACE, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Arab League, and other international organizations.

Moscow Helsinki Group Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva announced it.

It is said in the joint Declaration of Solidarity that was signed by Russian People's Party Chairman Gennady Raikov and Political Council Chairman of the People's Party Yakub Lakoba.

The Board of Trustees Chairman of the Armenian Assembly of America said Senators' initiative was invaluable for Armenia in its economic development.

Observers are supposed to visit all 245 polling places of Karachaevo-Cherkessia on a day of the election (August 17) and to monitor the observance of a citizens' right for a free will.

"We welcome the concern you have expressed for Mr Erkel and we would like to respectfully urge you, and the Russian authorities on the ground, to spare no efforts in securing Mr Erkel's swift and safe release," reads the letter.

"We have identified both the terrorists and all individuals involved in purchasing the tool of the crime, the KAMAZ truck," Savenkov said.