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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Kasyanov Unveiled Target of New Charges against Khodorkovsky
kommersant.com - 03 Jul 2008 10:29:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Medvedev dismisses McCain's call for Russia to be ousted from G8
RIA Novosti - 03 Jul 2008 06:05:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
88 Of BP's Staff Withdrawn From TNK-BP
www.neftegaz.ru - 03 Jul 2008 05:15:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia offers olive branch to Britain
telegraph.co.uk - 03 Jul 2008 00:31:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Blast goes off near Russia troops in Georgia
www.todayszaman.com - 02 Jul 2008 23:11:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Monday is D-Day for Dudley at TNK-BP
Times Online - 02 Jul 2008 22:05:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
2 Killed in Explosion At Sochi Apartments
TheMoscowTimes.com - 02 Jul 2008 21:31:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 39%
Independent execs to replace govt. officials at Russian state firms
RIA Novosti - 02 Jul 2008 17:53:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Barclays Bank completes $745mln deal to buy Russia's Expobank
RIA Novosti - 02 Jul 2008 13:22:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Major Polyus Gold shareholder not selling
rbcnews.com - 02 Jul 2008 12:34:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
RAO UES obituary
top.rbc.ru - 01 Jul 2008 15:18:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Jailed oil tycoon faces fresh charges
Times Online - 01 Jul 2008 14:14:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian reporter Politkovskaya's killer hiding in Western Europe
RIA Novosti - 01 Jul 2008 09:19:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian rivals win seats on Norilsk Nickel board
FT.com - 30 Jun 2008 23:22:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rosneft Pitches Joint Venture to EU
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 Jun 2008 21:32:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian executive extradited from Switzerland on fraud charges
RIA Novosti - 30 Jun 2008 16:08:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Viktor Zubkov New Gazprom Chairman
kommersant.com - 30 Jun 2008 16:02:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Controversial Gazprom Skyscraper Turns 'Green'
rferl.org - 30 Jun 2008 08:59:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
VTB prices EUR 1 billion issue
www.russiabankingnews.com - 28 Jun 2008 20:39:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PM Putin welcomes Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko in Moscow
RIA Novosti - 28 Jun 2008 13:42:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Two gunmen killed, four policemen die, four wounded in Chechnya
ITAR-TASS - 28 Jun 2008 09:10:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BRICKS & MORTAR: Russian regions are central to retail, residential development
Russia Profile.org - 27 Jun 2008 12:06:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mandelson attacks Russian TNK-BP shareholders
Times Online - 27 Jun 2008 10:23:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian parliament rejects controversial media bill
RIA Novosti - 27 Jun 2008 08:53:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom proposes natural gas filling stations in Europe
RIA Novosti - 27 Jun 2008 08:51:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Independent for Polyus board
FT.com - 27 Jun 2008 03:56:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
BP Russian partners declare new board 'illegal'
telegraph.co.uk - 26 Jun 2008 23:38:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bank of Cyprus buys Russia's Uniastrum
news.moneycentral.msn.com - 26 Jun 2008 17:44:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Esmark entered merger agreement with OAO Severstal
www.steelguru.com - 26 Jun 2008 11:16:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Armenian Government Intends to Implement Substantial Changes in Tax and Customs Administration
ARKA News Agency - 03 Jul 2008 05:53:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NATO week success in Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 28 Jun 2008 15:24:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia Focusing on Cooperation with Switzerland
ARKA News Agency - 27 Jun 2008 15:03:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BelAZ, Armenia mining companies sign EUR 1.5mn contract
www.belta.by - 26 Jun 2008 11:08:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Senator puts one-month hold on Bush's nominee for Armenia
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 26 Jun 2008 08:43:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Medvedev and Azerbaijan in pipeline talk
www.upstreamonline.com - 03 Jul 2008 09:09:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Yushchenko pleased with energy projects between Ukraine, Azerbaijan
ITAR-TASS - 30 Jun 2008 16:16:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Do Azerbaijan's Ethnic Minorities Face Forced Assimilation?
rferl.org - 30 Jun 2008 08:59:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan shows off military might to Armenia
www.todayszaman.com - 26 Jun 2008 23:08:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Three Injured in Attack on Georgian Convoy in S.Ossetia
Civil Georgia - 03 Jul 2008 09:29:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Televised Arrest of 'Corrupt Official'
Civil Georgia - 02 Jul 2008 13:10:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bomb blast in Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone; nobody hurt
ITAR-TASS - 02 Jul 2008 08:39:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Parliamentary Minority to Fill Posts
Civil Georgia - 01 Jul 2008 13:57:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Explosions at market in separatist Georgian republic of Abkhazia
International Herald Tribune - 30 Jun 2008 11:33:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 71%
Georgia Reverses Decision To Cut Defense Spending
rferl.org - 30 Jun 2008 08:58:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Two blasts in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia leave six injured
RIA Novosti - 29 Jun 2008 09:09:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 71%
'Georgia offers Russia deal on Abkhazia'
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 28 Jun 2008 04:41:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 62%
Lavrov denies Russia-Georgia talks on Abkhazia
ITAR-TASS - 27 Jun 2008 13:33:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
Tbilisi Condemns Medvedev-Bagapsh Meeting
Civil Georgia - 26 Jun 2008 15:41:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mze TV Suspends News
Civil Georgia - 26 Jun 2008 09:19:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Jiuquan to put USD 4.4 billion assets into Kazakh JV
www.steelguru.com - 03 Jul 2008 02:47:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kashagan "going full steam" says Eni
www.upstreamonline.com - 02 Jul 2008 10:00:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Exxon attacks Kazakh oilfield delays
FT.com - 02 Jul 2008 02:39:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan Joined WPC
kommersant.com - 01 Jul 2008 18:07:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. Lawmakers Question Astana's Fitness For OSCE
rferl.org - 01 Jul 2008 14:08:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan won't have one-party parliament – Nazarbayev
kabar.kg - 30 Jun 2008 09:46:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
OSCE parliamentary assembly begins in Kazakhstan
Xinhua - 30 Jun 2008 02:24:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh leader vows reform before taking OSCE chair
www.todayszaman.com - 29 Jun 2008 23:01:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
KazMunaiGas eyes Turgai Petroleum
www.upstreamonline.com - 26 Jun 2008 14:59:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
World is 'effeminate' thanks to men's fashion, says President's daughter
The Independent - 26 Jun 2008 07:03:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Japan to assist Kyrgyzstan to built bridges
kabar.kg - 02 Jul 2008 12:04:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kumtor plans this year to get more than 18 tons of gold
kabar.kg - 02 Jul 2008 12:04:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan receives aid from Moscow
kabar.kg - 01 Jul 2008 07:08:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Parliament ratifies agreement between Kyrgyzstan and Word Bank
24.kg - 27 Jun 2008 12:35:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
20 percent of Kyrgyzstanis want to leave Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 27 Jun 2008 06:26:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
What's Behind The Unrest?
rferl.org - 03 Jul 2008 09:46:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Mongolian Democrats demand election recount
AFP - 03 Jul 2008 09:22:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Five dead, over 300 injured in Mongolia riots
RIA Novosti - 02 Jul 2008 11:30:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
State of emergency declared in Mongolia after five killed
Guardian - 02 Jul 2008 10:02:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Preliminary results: Mongolia's ruling party wins parliamentary election
Xinhua - 30 Jun 2008 13:43:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia observers say Mongolia election goes without violations
ITAR-TASS - 30 Jun 2008 07:18:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Backgrounder: Mongolia's parliamentary election
Xinhua - 29 Jun 2008 10:21:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Russia to resume work on the Rogun Hydroelectric Power Plant
Ferghana.ru - 30 Jun 2008 08:47:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Turkish policy toward central Asia
www.todayszaman.com - 29 Jun 2008 05:28:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Iran and Tajikistan discuss joint projects
www.steelguru.com - 29 Jun 2008 02:14:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajik extradition to damage Tehran-London ties: MP
Irna - 28 Jun 2008 12:16:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Uzbekistan to build pipeline to pump Turkmen gas to China
www.steelguru.com - 03 Jul 2008 02:50:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom and Turkmenistan in talks on natural gas
International Herald Tribune - 01 Jul 2008 18:37:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan's Remote Desert 'Gulag'
rferl.org - 01 Jul 2008 16:23:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmenistan to export gas to China in 2009 - Berdymukhammedov
ITAR-TASS - 27 Jun 2008 11:31:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Still a prison
The Economist - 27 Jun 2008 02:42:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Uzbekistan: International seminar on freedom of the media is taking place under the veil of secrecy
Ferghana.ru - 02 Jul 2008 19:13:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan kicks off new China pipeline
www.upstreamonline.com - 01 Jul 2008 13:24:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Analysis of the relations between Uzbekistan and the Western community
Ferghana.ru - 01 Jul 2008 04:24:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbektelecom's total earnings up 14.6% to 177 billion soums in 2007
uzreport.com - 30 Jun 2008 09:26:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
WB reps to discuss with Uzbek officials new assistance strategy
uzreport.com - 27 Jun 2008 17:20:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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