It is surprising, then, that the firm should now be under attack from activist groups on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Second, with Russia's forces advancing on Chechnya's capital, Grozny, and ready soon to launch an all-out attack on it, the death toll among the combatants on both sides looks set to swell.

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U.S. officials saw the attack as an ominous sign of growing collaboration by militants on both sides of the Syria-Iraqi border.

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