Place: Caucasus mountains

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general

Milking it: The many nutritional benefits of kefir

JULIE Smolyansky starts every day with a glass of kefir, but then she would as her parents were one of the first people to bring the fermented dairy drink from their native Ukraine to the US in 1986.

world

Dozens detained as Putin grapples with security threat

Definitely not a pleasant day for pheasants

world

Child dead in Russian avalanche

Wild pheasant a link to ancients

world

Missiles immune to any defence systems, says Putin

Russian forces search city for hiding rebels

Russian soldiers and police searched the city of Nalchik today in the hunt for alleged Islamic militants who launched a series of fierce attacks that left at least 108 people dead.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2005

Search on for climbers lost in glacial crevasse

Three mountain rescue teams renewed a search today for two Polish climbers believed to have fallen down a crevasse on a glacier in Russia’s Caucasus Mountains.

Fri, 19 Aug, 2005

Killing of rebel leader 'a victory for Putin'

Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov’s killing represents a rare propaganda victory for President Vladimir Putin and his hard-line approach to battling separatists.

Wed, 09 Mar, 2005

Regional official assassinated in Russia's Caucasus

A senior official in the government of Karachayevo-Cherkessiya, in Russia’s restive Caucasus Mountains region, was shot dead today by unidentified assailants, according to Russian news reports.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2004

Fears of revenge as Beslan ends 40 days of mourning

RESIDENTS of the grief-stricken Russian school siege town of Beslan marked the end of the 40-day mourning period for the hundreds of victims of the massacre yesterday.

Wed, 13 Oct, 2004

Man ‘can’t remember’ killing controller

A RUSSIAN architect has told investigators he may have stabbed to death an air traffic controller he blamed for the deaths of his wife and children in a mid-air plane collision, but could not remember doing so.

Wed, 17 Mar, 2004

Moscow skinhead gang attacks foreign students

Skinheads attacked a group of foreign students from the Peoples’ Friendship University in Moscow, injuring six of them, reports in the Russian capital said today.

Sun, 30 Nov, 2003

Soldier on magic mushrooms kills eight comrades

A Russian soldier under the influence of ‘magic mushrooms’ opened fire on fellow servicemen today, killing at least eight of them and wounding three others.

Fri, 29 Nov, 2002

Glacier cut path of destruction

RESCUERS were yesterday picking through the trail of destruction left

Mon, 23 Sep, 2002

Russia: Avalanche rescue effort resumes

Rescuers were today picking through the trail of destruction left by a huge chunk of glacier that crashed down a mountainside in southern Russia, killing as many as 150 people.

Sun, 22 Sep, 2002

Russian bus hijackers make demands

Gunmen who seized a bus carrying at least 40 people in southern Russia have demanded the release of five Chechens jailed on hijack charges.

Tue, 31 Jul, 2001

Bus hijacked in Russia

A bus carrying 40 people has been seized by at least one gunman in southern Russia. It was heading to a popular resort town in the Caucasus Mountains.

Tue, 31 Jul, 2001

Nine killed in Chechnya helicopter crash

Nine Russian soldiers have died and five more have been injured in the crash of a military helicopter in Chechnya.

Fri, 20 Jul, 2001