RUSSIA: CHECHEN/INGUSHETIA BORDER: PLIGHT OF REFUGEES

Russian/Nat As hostilities continue between Russian troops and Chechen separatists, attention is now turning to the plight of tens of thousands of civilians who have sought refuge in neighboring Ingushetia. But they are still far from safe. Despite the relative shelter of makeshift camps, the forthcoming winter months and a lack of food and medical aid continue to threaten them. The situation is so serious that authorities have sent a trainload of aid. A train with a humanitarian cargo of hea