CNN World News - 1999-10-23 (early morning)
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[0:01] CNN Today with Lou Waters and Natalie
[0:03] Allen. Weekdays on CNN.
[0:07] >> Russia charges ahead with its offensive
[0:09] in Cheschna despite international
[0:11] criticism. A South African court rules
[0:14] on a controversial anti- rape campaign.
[0:17] And a former undisputed heavyweight
[0:19] boxing champion [music] prepares to
[0:21] climb back in the ring.
[0:26] >> [music]
[0:32] >> Hello and welcome to World News. I'm
[0:34] Rosemary Church at the CNN Center. The
[0:37] United States is stepping up pressure on
[0:40] Russia over Moscow's campaign in
[0:42] Cheschna. Washington's call for
[0:44] immediate political dialogue comes as
[0:46] Russian troops move to isolate the
[0:48] Chetchin capital Gn. Russian forces now
[0:51] ring the city. CNN White House
[0:53] correspondent John King has more on
[0:55] efforts to end the fighting.
[0:58] >> The Russian ambassador left the White
[1:00] House after being told the
[1:01] administration views Moscow's escalating
[1:03] military campaign in Cheschna as
[1:05] unacceptable.
[1:06] >> It's certainly troubling to see this
[1:08] kind of loss of life.
[1:09] >> Reports of a Russian rocket strike on a
[1:11] crowded marketplace triggered a series
[1:13] of highle contacts between Washington
[1:15] and Moscow. Deputy Secretary of State
[1:17] Strobe Talbot spoke to Kremlin officials
[1:19] and to Yuri Ushakov, the Russian
[1:21] ambassador to the United States. US
[1:23] Ambassador James Collins called on
[1:25] foreign ministry officials in Moscow.
[1:27] Secretary of State Maline Albbright is
[1:29] scheduled to speak Saturday to Russian
[1:31] Foreign Minister Igoranov. In a
[1:33] statement, she called on all parties in
[1:35] the conflict to quote, "Avoid
[1:37] indiscriminate and disproportionate use
[1:39] of