71. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Friday rushed to Karakagudem village by helicopter and hinted that the police may have been lax. 72. Because the postal service does not have its own vehicles, letters are gathered from various villages by selected busdrivers. 73. Despite a ceasefire agreement, there are daily shooting attacks on Russian positions and frequent artillery and even aerial bombardments on Chechen villages by Russian forces. 74. Their arrival came after an ultimatum was issued by the local Serb police chief that the Moslems should leave the village by the end of Monday. 75. Women and children were being allowed out of the village by surrounding troops, following three hours of bombardments, the district authorities said. 76. Journalists were also barred from approaching the village by soldiers carrying automatic rifles and a soldier with an attack dog. 77. Others in Gorhai are part-time displaced, working in their villages by day but escaping to the district capital at night when the Maoists launch most of their attacks. 78. Other victims were said to have been taken to nearby mountain villages by refugees. 79. Police shot dead two wanted Moslem militants on Wednesday after they were chased out of a southern Egyptian village by inhabitants, police said. 80. Residents were blocked from fleeing the villages by the heavy Russian shelling of surrounding roads. |