CNN World News - 1999-12-25 (early morning)

Name: CNN World News - 1999-12-25 (early morning)
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[0:00] CNN

[0:01] >> Afghanistan or what the hijackers will

[0:03] demand next. But for more than a day,

[0:05] the plane has already hopscotched across

[0:08] South Asia and the Middle East in what

[0:10] has no doubt been a terrifying

[0:12] experience for passengers and their

[0:14] families. Satinda, CNN, New Delhi.

[0:18] >> Indian Prime Minister Atal Bahari Vajay

[0:21] says he will not give in to any possible

[0:23] demands by the hijackers.

[0:27] >> This is a cowardly act. Whoever has done

[0:30] it, we don't know what they want. They

[0:31] have not even specified their demands.

[0:34] It's a very cowardly act. Whatever they

[0:36] want, this is not the way to go about

[0:37] it. India will not bow to such barbaric

[0:40] acts and won't be afraid.

[0:42] >> The prime minister wants to celebrate

[0:44] his birthday this weekend, but he has

[0:46] canled those plans to deal with the

[0:48] hijacking.

[0:50] Russian officials are denying they're

[0:52] launching a full-scale attack on the

[0:54] Cheschin capital of Grozni, but there

[0:56] are reports of heavy artillery fire from

[0:58] Russian forces on all sides of the city.

[1:01] A short time ago, we spoke to CNN Steve

[1:03] Haragan in Mosdog about the offensive.

[1:07] >> We're seeing a continuation now of what

[1:09] we've seen for several days in the

[1:10] Cheschin capital of Grony. extremely

[1:13] heavy artillery shelling by the Russians

[1:15] alongside a gradual advance of armored

[1:18] vehicles, tanks, and armored personnel

[1:20] carriers that are moving gradually

[1:21] closer to the city center. But we are

[1:24] seeing two things now that are

[1:25] different. One is the start of a

[1:27] transition, a transition from the army

[1:29] to the police forces. It will be Russian

[1:31] interio