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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Bears kill guards at Russian mine
Times Online - 24 Jul 2008 00:09:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russians issue legal threat to TNK- BP's Robert Dudley
telegraph.co.uk - 23 Jul 2008 23:31:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moscow In 'Difficult Situation' Regarding Karadzic Arrest
rferl.org - 23 Jul 2008 13:27:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hugo Chavez denies Russia, Venezuela sign USD 30 bln contracts
ITAR-TASS - 23 Jul 2008 12:10:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mechel postpones share issues
www.steelguru.com - 23 Jul 2008 02:01:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hayward surrenders to Russian revolution of TNK-BP
telegraph.co.uk - 22 Jul 2008 23:32:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rig workers stranded off Russia
BBC - 22 Jul 2008 20:54:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Prokhorov Sues Potanin Over Article
TheMoscowTimes.com - 22 Jul 2008 20:39:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
U.S. general warns against Russian bombers in Cuba
Reuters - 22 Jul 2008 17:06:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian mobile operator MTS hit by $50 mln back tax claim
RIA Novosti - 22 Jul 2008 12:00:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rosneft invites Gazprom to team up on Sakhalin
Budapest Business Journal - 22 Jul 2008 11:05:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia draws up comments on recent WTO consultations
rbcnews.com - 22 Jul 2008 06:39:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Severstal in Bidding for Brazil Firm
TheMoscowTimes.com - 22 Jul 2008 00:34:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
China signs border line pact with Russia
www.todayszaman.com - 21 Jul 2008 23:07:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia says TNK-BP chief can't work until visa sorted out
International Herald Tribune - 21 Jul 2008 17:58:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Expresses Concern Over Ukraine-NATO Naval Exercises
TheMoscowTimes.com - 21 Jul 2008 08:33:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
FAS opens investigation of Mechel on coal supplies
www.steelguru.com - 21 Jul 2008 02:43:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BP blocks $1.8bln dividend payment to Russian partners - paper
RIA Novosti - 20 Jul 2008 14:13:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Railways to modernize BAM railway
top.rbc.ru - 18 Jul 2008 20:14:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Google to buy Russian contextual ad company
news.moneycentral.msn.com - 18 Jul 2008 17:57:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Three traffic policemen gunned down in south of Russia
ITAR-TASS - 18 Jul 2008 17:24:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Evraz Group buys stake in Australian mining company
rbcnews.com - 18 Jul 2008 06:24:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%
E.ON building world's biggest power plant in Russia
Budapest Business Journal - 18 Jul 2008 06:21:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia becomes Europe's largest car market
Moscow News - 18 Jul 2008 04:05:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kingfisher poaches directors from rivals
The Independent - 18 Jul 2008 00:33:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 38%
Russia: Get computer-savvy or get out, Medvedev tells staff
Guardian - 17 Jul 2008 23:31:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
PACE head discusses with Armenia president resolutions on country
ITAR-TASS - 24 Jul 2008 05:43:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Corruption combatting must start from elite: Armenian premier
ARKA News Agency - 23 Jul 2008 16:38:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian president detects thaw with Turkey
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 22 Jul 2008 08:56:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenian President Rules Out Repeat Elections
rferl.org - 21 Jul 2008 15:01:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Baku Hoped to Benefit from Armenian Election Results: Russian Expert
ARKA News Agency - 17 Jul 2008 16:10:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Baku not worried over Turkey-Armenia talks
www.todayszaman.com - 22 Jul 2008 23:11:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan: President Hardens Rhetoric on Democratization, Human Rights
EurasiaNet.org - 22 Jul 2008 01:06:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Petkim's new owner SOCAR to build oil refinery in Aliağa
www.todayszaman.com - 21 Jul 2008 23:05:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijani Airlines open regular traffic on Baku – Rostov-on-Don route
ITAR-TASS - 18 Jul 2008 20:28:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline passes 400 million barrel milestone
www.todayszaman.com - 17 Jul 2008 23:31:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
Down on the Farm: Georgia Struggles to Open EU Market for Agricultural Exports
EurasiaNet.org - 23 Jul 2008 22:55:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%
Russo-Georgian Tensions Discussed at Security Council
Civil Georgia - 22 Jul 2008 11:06:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tbilisi Confirms Release of Two S.Ossetians
Civil Georgia - 22 Jul 2008 08:32:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian Police Confirms Arrest of Four S.Ossetians
Civil Georgia - 21 Jul 2008 17:06:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Public TV New Board Chairman Elected
Civil Georgia - 21 Jul 2008 14:32:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Group Slams Parliament's 'Cynical' Response to Ombudsman's Report
Civil Georgia - 19 Jul 2008 08:34:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia, Abkhaz separatists reject German peace plan
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 18 Jul 2008 22:12:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
No alternative to Tbilisi-Sukhumi dialog – German minister
ITAR-TASS - 18 Jul 2008 20:28:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Kazakh jazz singer tackles East Turkistan issue with her music
www.todayszaman.com - 23 Jul 2008 23:45:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan wants be biggest uranium miner in 2009
uzreport.com - 23 Jul 2008 11:25:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. urges Kazakhstan to uphold OSCE values
Reuters - 23 Jul 2008 08:54:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan updates Kashagan PSC
www.upstreamonline.com - 23 Jul 2008 06:29:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan considers extending oil export tax
FT.com - 22 Jul 2008 21:49:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Faltering Kazakhstan Cotton Industry
Ferghana.ru - 22 Jul 2008 02:16:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan threatens to stop buying Kyrgyz electricity if water not supplied
kabar.kg - 21 Jul 2008 07:59:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan to export 400 million kWh of electric power to Kazakhstan
www.steelguru.com - 20 Jul 2008 01:30:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Turkey and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on military aid
kabar.kg - 24 Jul 2008 09:37:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Semicriminal groups and second-hand dealers threatens the food safety
kabar.kg - 22 Jul 2008 12:31:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Kyrgyzstan to Be Left Without Electric Light
Kommersant - 22 Jul 2008 09:32:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Seven Dead In Crash Near Kyrgyz Resort
rferl.org - 21 Jul 2008 09:51:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
New law leaves field clear for Kyrgyz privatisation agenda
www.businessneweurope.eu - 21 Jul 2008 06:13:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
New chairman of the Kyrgyz parliament: defector, smuggler, or "terrorist"?
Ferghana.ru - 19 Jul 2008 01:53:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
Mongolian opposition boycotts swearing-in of new parliament
Xinhua - 23 Jul 2008 11:51:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
NGO Claims to Have Evidence of Election Fraud
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 18 Jul 2008 14:54:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Strike at Embattled Mining Company Averted, for Now
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 18 Jul 2008 12:25:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Motion to impeach Mongolian gov't rejected
Xinhua - 17 Jul 2008 16:03:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
FM: Tajikistan to ensure security of SCO summit
Xinhua - 23 Jul 2008 16:36:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajik president suggests using Lake Sarez reserves to solve water shortages
ITAR-TASS - 22 Jul 2008 05:14:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tajik Judge Alleges Official Uzbek Role In Courthouse Bombing
rferl.org - 18 Jul 2008 17:52:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Turkey's Calik To Build Power Plant In Turkmenistan
www.turkishpress.com - 23 Jul 2008 07:48:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech plane leaves for Afghanistan after Turkmen permit
Xinhua - 19 Jul 2008 20:57:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech military plane returns as Turkmenistan denies transit to it
Czech Happenings - 18 Jul 2008 16:54:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Uzbekistan: How the Uzbek Government Maintains a Choke-Hold over the Internet
EurasiaNet.org - 23 Jul 2008 22:55:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Matthew Pringle: "Torture in Uzbekistan Hard to Eliminate Under Current Regime"
Ferghana.ru - 22 Jul 2008 20:17:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan: Prison Employee Set Herself on Fire to Protest Prison's Despotism
Ferghana.ru - 22 Jul 2008 02:16:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mitsui signs accord to explore Uzbekistan uranium
uzreport.com - 18 Jul 2008 09:41:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbekistan to privatize its coal-mining industry
kabar.kg - 18 Jul 2008 07:52:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbek charged over possible WMD material
MSNBC - 17 Jul 2008 13:54:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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