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11 May 2011 News Digest
By Alima Bissenova (5/11/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
DAGESTAN POLICE OFFICE CHIEF KILLED
2 May
A police chief in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan was killed on Sunday, investigators reported.
"The chief of the police office in the Sergokala District, Nasrula Magomedov, was shot from unidentified automatic weapons in the yard of his house. He died of wounds," a spokesman for investigators said.
13 April 2011 News Digest
By Ali (4/14/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
NATO's South Caucasus envoy to visit Georgia
1 April
The NATO secretary general's special representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia will pay an official visit to Georgia next week, a Georgian government spokesman said on Friday. The visit is set for April 7-8.
2 February 2011 News Digest
By Alima Bissenova (2/2/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
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