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August 29, 1996
Web posted at: 11:50 p.m. EDT (0350 GMT)Chechen cease-fire holds
GROZNY, Russia (CNN) -- Russian soldiers and Chechen rebels mingled peaceably in the Chechen capital Thursday as Russian security chief Alexander Lebed tried to gain support from Moscow for his peace initiative with the separatists.
Both sides patrolled the streets of Grozny to deter looters as Russian troops continued to leave the city under a peace agreement forged earlier this week. More than 8,000 Russians have left Chechnya, Interfax news agency said.
Lebed planned to return to Chechnya Friday for another round of talks.
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- Final Chechen truce signed - August 27, 1996
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Mafia turncoat arrested in contract killing
ROME (CNN) -- A Sicilian Mafia informant was arrested Thursday for allegedly ordering the shooting deaths of a young widow and a 14-year-old boy while under a protection program, state television reported.
Giuseppe Ferone, 41, was detained along with four others at a Mafia safe house in Azio. The shootings occurred Tuesday in a cemetery in the Sicilian city of Catania. Police found 20 rifles, explosives and fake police uniforms at the house.
Ferone is a Catania boss who has been cooperating with investigators since 1994. The killings fueled an angry debate in Italy over whether former Mafia killers can be trusted and should benefit from a generous protection program.
The widow was shot while praying by the tomb of her husband, who died last year in a Mafia hit.
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