Thursday, September 21 06

Potentially dangerous crisis erupts between Chechnya and Ingushetia after border battle near village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya. U.N. Secretary General Annan applauds extension of African Union Mission in Darfur until the end of 2006. U.N. investigator reports that torture is the strategy of choice for security forces in Iraq, and worse than during Hussein era. Aide to former Bosnian Serb commander Mladic is arrested in Belgrade. New military rulers in Thailand prohibit political activity.