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...DIED. RUSLAN GELAYEV, 39, Chechen separatist, in a shoot-out with Russian border guards; near the village of Bezhta, Dagestan. Gelayev was a formidable military commander in the 1994-96 war against Russian forces. Even some foes showed grudging respect for Gelayev, who was known as a ruthless fighter but not as a terrorist. Moscow-backed Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov told the Itar-Tass news agency that fighting in Chechnya would continue despite the warlord's death...
DIED. ZELIMKHAN YANDARBIYEV, 51, exiled separatist leader who served as President of Chechnya from 1996 to '97; after a bomb exploded his car as he was driving with his teenage son, who was injured in the blast; in Doha, Qatar. Russia had been working to extradite the Islamic extremist, whom it suspected of having ties to al-Qaeda, for his alleged involvement in the deadly Moscow theater siege...
...TIME: Beijing sometimes refers to you as a separatist. Chen: I understand it very clearly that they dislike me, and I'm not surprised that they call me names. [But] as the leader of this country, it is my duty to defend and safeguard Taiwan. I cannot betray the people of Taiwan, nor can I betray my own conscience...
...DIED. ZELIMKHAN YANDARBIYEV, 51, exiled separatist leader who was Chechnya's President from 1996-97; after a bomb exploded in his car as he drove home from Friday prayers with his teenage son, who was injured in the blast; in Doha, Qatar. Russia had been working to extradite the Islamic extremist for his alleged involvement in the deadly Moscow theater siege in 2002 and for alleged ties to al-Qaeda...
...Things do not happen with a click of the fingers." Maulana Abbas Ansari, chairman of Kashmir's largest separatist group, on peace talks in New Delhi with the Indian government...