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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Russian armour massed near Zugdidi-Reuters witness
Reuters - 14 Aug 2008 12:58:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. Threatens Russian Trade Talks
kommersant.com - 14 Aug 2008 12:29:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Backs Georgia Separatist Regions On Status
rferl.org - 14 Aug 2008 12:14:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Revealed Double Standards of the U.S.
kommersant.com - 14 Aug 2008 12:07:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia and France Will Hold Their Own Naval Exercises without the U.S.
kommersant.com - 14 Aug 2008 12:07:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia says no reason to delay WTO membership bid
Reuters - 14 Aug 2008 12:06:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia may increase peacekeepers in Georgia's rebel region
RIA Novosti - 14 Aug 2008 11:58:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
FAS Wants Broader Application of Rules
Kommersant - 14 Aug 2008 10:37:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Japan interested in oil projects in north-east Russia
RIA Novosti - 14 Aug 2008 09:16:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
McCain: Russia crisis highlights need for experience
Reuters - 14 Aug 2008 08:22:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US: Russia Must Leave Georgia
TIME.com - 14 Aug 2008 08:21:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia says Georgian move for South Ossetia was 'like 9/11'
telegraph.co.uk - 14 Aug 2008 06:49:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia 'begins Georgia handover'
BBC - 14 Aug 2008 06:33:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian soldiers occupying Stalin's birth city are buoyed by battle with Georgia
International Herald Tribune - 14 Aug 2008 03:57:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Text: Peace accord Sarkozy gave to Georgians
International Herald Tribune - 14 Aug 2008 03:56:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 75%
Russians consider GM's Hummer
Guardian - 14 Aug 2008 00:00:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
BP stumbles towards peace with Russian partners
Times Online - 13 Aug 2008 23:12:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mechel Could Slash Prices in Probe
TheMoscowTimes.com - 13 Aug 2008 21:13:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's Lavrov slams Bush statement on S.Ossetia
RIA Novosti - 13 Aug 2008 19:00:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia slams Ukraine decree on Black Sea Fleet as anti-Russian
RIA Novosti - 13 Aug 2008 18:19:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gorbachev: Russia had no choice
Guardian - 13 Aug 2008 17:12:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chronicle of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict: Fact sheet
Russia Profile.org - 13 Aug 2008 16:12:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia mourns S. Ossetia victims
top.rbc.ru - 13 Aug 2008 15:39:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Russia resumes gas supply to Armenia through Georgia
ARKA News Agency - 13 Aug 2008 16:24:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
What Are Georgia's Neighbors Saying?
rferl.org - 12 Aug 2008 16:49:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Armenia Can Fund Construction of Iran-Armenia Railroad from State Budget
ARKA News Agency - 11 Aug 2008 08:31:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Thousands Of Armenians Evacuated From Georgia
rferl.org - 11 Aug 2008 01:51:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Conversebank Opens New Branch in Yerevan, Armenia
ARKA News Agency - 08 Aug 2008 15:07:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Pipeline Study May Take Week
TheMoscowTimes.com - 13 Aug 2008 21:13:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Conflict Raises Concerns About Caspian Exports
rferl.org - 13 Aug 2008 14:58:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
SOCAR did not halt its gas export to Georgia because of events in the latter
finchannel.com - 13 Aug 2008 10:11:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan Temporarily Lifts Visa Requirements For Turkish Citizens In Georgia
www.turkishpress.com - 13 Aug 2008 03:39:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BP shuts down Baku pipeline
FT.com - 13 Aug 2008 03:02:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BTK railway line to connect Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey
www.steelguru.com - 12 Aug 2008 02:21:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan Halts Shipments of Oil through Georgian Ports
kommersant.com - 09 Aug 2008 23:52:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azerbaijan banks burn bright
www.businessneweurope.eu - 08 Aug 2008 11:12:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kurds lay claim to blast on Azeri oil pipeline
FT.com - 08 Aug 2008 03:21:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Oil transportation via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline halted and AIOC uses Baku-Supsa and Baku-Novoros
finchannel.com - 07 Aug 2008 15:08:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

GEORGIA [top]
BP says it has reopened gas taps into Georgia pipeline
AFP - 14 Aug 2008 12:38:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 80%
Explosions in Georgian towns as Russian forces remain
telegraph.co.uk - 14 Aug 2008 12:33:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 68%
Europe Split up over Georgia
kommersant.com - 14 Aug 2008 12:07:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 69%
Russians Pulling Out of Gori
TIME.com - 14 Aug 2008 10:00:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 82%
EU wants peacekeepers 'on the ground' in Georgia
EUobserver.com - 14 Aug 2008 09:34:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 51%
Caucasus foes fight cyber war
BBC - 14 Aug 2008 07:40:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
U.S. flies aid into Georgia, Russia to pull out of Gori
Reuters - 14 Aug 2008 06:16:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rejuvenated Georgian president cites U.S. ties as 'turning point' in conflict
International Herald Tribune - 14 Aug 2008 03:57:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Conflict in Georiga narrows oil options for West
International Herald Tribune - 14 Aug 2008 03:56:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 58%
This is not 1968 – Rice Tells Russia
Civil Georgia - 14 Aug 2008 00:01:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
In full: President Bush's statement
Times Online - 13 Aug 2008 22:05:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Georgia's Big Democracy Lie
TheMoscowTimes.com - 13 Aug 2008 21:13:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Common enemy lifts Saakashvili, but his support base remains fragile
International Herald Tribune - 13 Aug 2008 20:30:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Saakashvili on Military Aspects of Conflict
Civil Georgia - 13 Aug 2008 19:26:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. to take control of Georgian ports: Saakashvili
Reuters - 13 Aug 2008 17:37:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia Caused This War
Russia Profile.org - 13 Aug 2008 16:12:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%
Russia's Victory Was Overwhelming, Western Media Said
kommersant.com - 13 Aug 2008 14:03:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Georgia 'mad' to spark Russia clash-French source
Kyiv Post - 13 Aug 2008 11:02:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to Put On Trial Saakashvili
kommersant.com - 13 Aug 2008 10:53:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia On Our Minds
Forbes.com - 13 Aug 2008 10:52:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
NATO Says Georgia's Membership Prospects Intact
rferl.org - 13 Aug 2008 10:32:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Reports: Russian Troops Quit Poti after Sinking Vessels
Civil Georgia - 13 Aug 2008 08:00:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'Many Georgians Expected West To Intervene'
rferl.org - 12 Aug 2008 20:22:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 69%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Safin bags iron ore deposit tender in Kazakhstan
www.steelguru.com - 14 Aug 2008 03:22:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey and Kazakhstan have words left to say, says Kazakh ambassador
www.todayszaman.com - 12 Aug 2008 23:10:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Neft plans filling station network in Kazakhstan
www.steelguru.com - 12 Aug 2008 02:31:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Severstal Resources takes control of Balazhal Gold Mine in Kazakhstan
www.steelguru.com - 12 Aug 2008 02:22:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhmys buys blocking stake in rival
telegraph.co.uk - 11 Aug 2008 23:31:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
COMMENT: Kazakh bank reserves rising but quality suffering
Russia Profile.org - 11 Aug 2008 09:40:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Neft offers own assets in Kazakh MMG bid
Budapest Business Journal - 11 Aug 2008 08:33:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan invites China for Beyneu Akbulak gas pipeline
www.steelguru.com - 09 Aug 2008 03:02:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Seeks to Make Economic, Diplomatic Inroads in Mongolia
EurasiaNet.org - 09 Aug 2008 00:04:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
Kyrgyz and Kazakh Presidents discussed a wide circle of issues
kabar.kg - 14 Aug 2008 05:37:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
IFC's expand lending in remote region of Kyrgyzstan
24.kg - 14 Aug 2008 04:40:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Conflict Offers Central Asia Chance To Speak Out
rferl.org - 13 Aug 2008 12:19:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
China rendered military technical aid 4million yuan to Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 13 Aug 2008 11:35:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz envoy calls for expansion of ties with Iran
Irna - 11 Aug 2008 18:42:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ADB grants $30 million for drinking water supply in Kyrgyz villages
kabar.kg - 11 Aug 2008 10:37:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan businessmen ready to invest in construction of four hydroelectric power stations in Kyrgyzstan
kabar.kg - 08 Aug 2008 07:54:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONGOLIA [top]
MCC Sets up New Account to Aide Mongolia
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 14 Aug 2008 02:59:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Fewer Ministries In Mongolia's Future?
ubpost.mongolnews.mn - 11 Aug 2008 15:00:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
28% of Mongolia set aside for mining and exploration
www.steelguru.com - 09 Aug 2008 03:05:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mongolia, Croatia to boost cooperation
Serbianna - 07 Aug 2008 15:17:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
President Hu meets leaders from C Asia and Transcaucasia, vowing closer ties
Xinhua - 09 Aug 2008 05:11:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 68%
Expansion of economic cooperation between Tajikistan, Mazandaran province considered
Irna - 08 Aug 2008 15:58:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
Toward A New Paradigm For The Post-Soviet Petrostates
Russia Profile.org - 11 Aug 2008 09:41:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Turkmenistan Offers China More Gas
TheMoscowTimes.com - 11 Aug 2008 01:25:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Vice premier: China to enhance friendly ties with Turkmenistan
Xinhua - 09 Aug 2008 05:15:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
MTS-Uzbekistan's market share falls, revenue increases
uzreport.com - 13 Aug 2008 07:12:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mubarek plant processes 380bn cubic meters of gas
uzreport.com - 12 Aug 2008 10:07:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BRICKS & MORTAR: Elite housing drives growth of Uzbek real estate
Russia Profile.org - 11 Aug 2008 09:41:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran, Uzbekistan ink MoU on standardization
Irna - 10 Aug 2008 16:20:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chinese president meets Uzbek president
Xinhua - 09 Aug 2008 03:29:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mitsui to conduct joint uranium exploration in Uzbekistan
www.steelguru.com - 08 Aug 2008 03:51:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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