According to a spokesman for the Georgian Interior Ministry, a Hand Grenade found among spectators during a speech by U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush last week in Tbilisi failed to function, although it was live and could have exploded. It was originally thought to have been a dummy grenade. (CNN)
in a government-sponsored trip and under heavy guard. The Uzbek government continues to deny that civilians were killed. The official Death Toll has risen to 169 but some human rights groups state that it can be as high as 750. A group of Islamic rebels led by a man called Bakhtiyor Rakhimov claim that they now control the border town of Korasuv . (Mosnews)(Reuters AlertNet)(BBC)(IHT)(Forbes)
