International aid groups are suspending operations in Chechnya after the kidnapping of an American aid worker's. Russia Interfax News Agency says local people have joined the search for the American who was kidnapped Tuesday. Russian military officials say the kidnappers may be supporters of Chechnya rebel leader known as Akmahdov Maskhadov. The rebel denied that. The American Kenny Glag works for Doctors Without Borders. Russian officials say the international aid group did not have government permission to work in Chechnya.
