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...French antiterror magistrates Jean-Louis Bruguière and Jean-François Ricard are also holding Arif for alleged similar involvement with a Chechen-trained group arrested outside Paris in December 2002 that is suspected of planning a chemical-bomb attack. "Arif's activities and associates span from Azerbaijan to England ," the French official says. "Getting hold of him is very big." Nuclear Rebuke IRAN The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N.'s Vienna-based nuclear watchdog, unanimously adopted a resolution deploring Tehran's failure to fully cooperate with the IAEA's investigation into the country's nuclear...
...claimed responsibility for the latest atrocity, but Putin and his allies had no doubt as to who was to blame. Appearing on TV with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, a rattled Putin accused Chechnya's deposed President and secessionist leader, Aslan Maskhadov, of being behind the bombing. Putin also denounced European politicians who had earlier called for negotiations with Maskhadov. "Russia does not negotiate with terrorists," he said. "It annihilates them...
...outside a luxury hotel opposite the Kremlin. Many of the attacks are the work of suicide bombers, often women. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the latest atrocity, but Putin and his allies had no doubt as to who was to blame. At a joint press conference with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, a rattled Putin accused Chechnya's deposed President and secessionist leader, Aslan Maskhadov, of being behind the bombing. Putin also denounced European politicians who had earlier called for negotiations with Maskhadov. "Russia does not negotiate with terrorists," he said. "It annihilates them." Maskhadov's main overseas...
...fraud charges. Gusinsky fled Moscow in 2000 after being accused of embezzling state-controlled gas giant Gazprom of $250 million. He claimed the charges were politically motivated; the court declared the crimes unproven. It was the fourth rejected Russian extradition request within a year. Keeping It in the Family AZERBAIJAN One person died and dozens were injured in clashes between police and protesters in Baku following Ilham Aliyev's election as President. Official results gave Aliyev, who succeeds his 80-year-old father, Haidar, nearly 80% of the vote. The opposition claimed the ballot was rigged. Talks End SERBIA...
...amendments to a bill to overhaul the media industry. The bill, which critics say will benefit Berlusconi's business empire, must now return to the upper house, delaying its final approval. Berlusconi had characterized the secret ballot as a vote of confidence in his leadership. Secret Al-Qaeda Arrest AZERBAIJAN The last of the al-Qaeda operatives from Georgia's Pankisi Valley still being sought by the U.S. was arrested in the Azeri capital of Baku in a secret operation in September, security officials in the Caucasus told TIME. Abu-Ayat was an alleged explosives specialist who claimed...