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The mayor of a city in Russia's volatile North Caucasus was killed as he left for work on Wednesday morning, local police and health officials said. Vitaly Karayev, mayor of North Ossetia's capital Vladikavkaz, was shot while getting into his car near his home and rushed to hospital by his bodyguards.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
President Mikhail Saakashvili denies seeking a green light from Washington for Georgia's assault on South Ossetia.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... at the United Nations. Tbilisi earlier severed relations with Russia, which recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia after a brief war with Georgia, which had attacked South Ossetia in a bid to retake it under central control in early August. Abkhazia and South Ossetia have so far only been recognized by Russia and Nicaragua.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
From The New York Times: MOSCOW — The mayor of Vladikavkaz, a southern city in Russia’s conflict-prone North Caucasus region, was assassinated on Wednesday near his home, law enforcement officials said. Investigators said they believed a single shot was fired at the mayor, Vitaly Karayev, as he was getting into his car at about 9:00 a.m. Moscow time. Mr. Karayev, 46, who had been in power for less...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
MOSCOW � The mayor of Vladikavkaz, a southern city in Russia�s conflict-prone North Caucasus region, was assassinated on Wednesday near his home, law enforcement officials said. Investigators said they believed a single shot was fired at the mayor, Vitaly Karayev, as he was getting into his car at about 9:00 a.m. Moscow time. Mr. Karayev, 46, who had been in power for less than a year, was hit...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
MOSCOW The mayor of Vladikavkaz, a southern city in Russia's conflict-prone North Caucasus region, was assassinated on Wednesday near his home, law enforcement officials said. Investigators said they believed a single shot was fired at the mayor, Vitaly Karayev, as he was getting into his car at about 9:00 a.m. Moscow time. Mr. Karayev, 46, who had been in power for less than a year, was hit in the...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... Office in Moscow has taken the lead in the investigation and dispatched crime experts to North Ossetia to help local investigators, the Russian news agency said. Vladikavkaz is the capital of North Ossetia, a Russian republic bordering Ingushetia and Chechnya, where shootings and bomb attacks occur frequently, The New York Times reported. Last week, the 12th person died from injuries...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... Office in Moscow has taken the lead in the investigation and dispatched crime experts to North Ossetia to help local investigators, the Russian news agency said.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
The mayor of the North Ossetian capital, Vladikavkaz, was gunned down in an apparent sniper attack Wednesday morning, just weeks after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern city.Vlad...
qwstnevrythg.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... when investigating the murder, the Kremlin Web site said.Vladikavkaz is the capital of North Ossetia, a Russian republic that borders South Ossetia, a separatist enclave inside Georgia’s borders where Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in August. Though usually less violent than it’s neighbors Ingushetia and Chechnya — two Russian regions where shootings and bomb attacks occur...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Moscow - The mayor of the capital of Russia's North Ossetia region, bordering Georgia, was shot dead in his car Wednesday in a suspected sniper attack, Russian media reported. There was a single bullet hole in the door of his vehicle. Presumably it ...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The mayor of Vladikavkaz, in Russia’s conflict-prone North Caucasus region, was assassinated near his home.
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The Russian Interfax news agency says the mayor of the capital of Russia's North Ossetia region has been killed. The report said that Vitaly Karayev, mayor of Vladikavkaz, was taken to hospital after he sustained gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced dead. North Ossetia, a mainly Christian province, is part of Russia's turbulent North Caucasus region. Growing violence in the province...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia must take immediate steps to stop South Ossetian militias "running wild" in a mainly Georgian-populated corner of the breakaway region, a human rights watchdog said Wednesda...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Moscow - The mayor of the capital of Russia's North Ossetia region, bordering Georgia, was shot dead in his car outside his home on Wednesday, Russian media reported. Officials suspected a sniper attack, a police source told the Ria-Novosti news agen...
