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Capital gain for war hero

Friday 24 January 1997 00:02 GMT
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The Chechen President, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, signed an order renaming the regional capital Grozny in honour of the separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev. It will now be known as Dzhokhar-Ghala (City of Dzhokhar). Dudayev was killed by a Russian rocket attack in April last year.

Reuter - Grozny

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