Three women and a man took part in the suicide bomb attack that killed at least 40 people and wounded scores on a Russian commuter train packed with school children and students near war torn Chechnya today.

A massive explosion ripped through Russian Justice Ministry in the Chechen capital Grozny today, causing casualties, the Interfax news agency reported.

TWO suicide bombers drove a truck full of explosives into a government complex in Russia’s rebel Chechnya yesterday.

A powerful truck bomb is being blamed for the blast which ripped through the Chechen government headquarters in the regional capital Grozny today, killing at least 40 people.

Two powerful explosions ripped through the government headquarters in the Chechen capital Grozny today.

European Union leaders and Russian president Vladimir Putin were debating economic, political and trade ties at a Brussels summit today, with human rights groups pressuring the EU to persuade Moscow to ease its crackdown on rebels in Chechnya.

CHECHEN President Aslan Maskhadov is prepared to hold unconditional talks with the Russian leadership to find a political solution to the bloody conflict in Chechnya, his envoy said yesterday.

Rebels in Chechnya have killed 11 Russian soldiers in their latest attacks.

At least seven Russian servicemen have died after military posts came under fire in rebel Chechnya.