1.   Cafasso helped the group lobby for aid to the wartorn region, people involved said.

2.   The Norwegian will remain co-chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, which has been seeking a peace settlement for all of the wartorn region.

3.   Thousands of Lithuanians donated blood during a weeklong campaign aimed at helping Chechen casualties in the wartorn region, organizers said Wednesday as the drive was ending.

4.   Following the announcement Russia issued a warning to the United States on Wednesday not to destabilise the already wartorn Caucasus region.