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- RUSSIA/BABITSKY Voice of America 26 February 2000 -- Russian officials say Radio Liberty reporter Andrei Babitsky has been detained in the Russian republic of Dagestan for carrying a false passport.
- RUSSIA/CHECHNYA Voice of America 26 February 2000 -- Russian forces say they have taken full control of a mountainous district in southern Chechnya as they continue their drive to flush an estimated eight-thousand rebels from their mountain bases.
- TURKEY/KURDS Voice of America 26 February 2000 -- Lawyers for three Kurdish mayors arrested for their alleged links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or P-K-K, say their clients deny all the charges.
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- HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN Voice of America 26 February 2000 -- Uzbekistan, in its own defense, will say that we have to have a very tight authoritarian regime because there is an incipient radical Islamic movement, which, if it succeeds, will for sure preclude the possibility of democratic development.
- ORBITAL'S LAUNCH OF ITS TAURUS ROCKET POSTPONED Orbital Sciences Corp. 26 Feb 2000 -- Orbital's launch of its Taurus rocket has been delayed pending the resolution of a down-range issue related to the planned trajectory of the rocket. The launch will be rescheduled for a date no earlier than Saturday, March 4, 2000.
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