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Грузинские 'клещи' Косовского 'капкана' захлопнулись, и Россия целиком оказалась внутри него
MOSCOW (AFP) — A strong earthquake reverberated through the Caucasus mountains on Saturday, killing at least five people and disrupting power supplies in Russia's Chechnya region, reports said.
By Simon Kennedy
Group of Seven finance chiefs, meeting after stocks plunged and as a global recession looms, vowed to prevent the failure of vital banks while failing to unveil new initiatives for thawing credit markets.
WINDOW ON EURASIA
Paul Goble
Arguing that "there is no democracy without independent mass media," seven major Georgian opposition parties are calling for restoration of national media there "independent of the authorities" as "the first step" to overcoming President Mikhail Saakashvili's "authoritarian regime" and his "total disregard for public opinion."
IN THIS ISSUE:
* Hungary advances gas interconnection project in Central and South East Europe
* Turkmenistan extends the scope of its foreign relations
* Armenia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan seek a resolution of the Karabakh conflict
* Turkish authorities will decide on Russian nuclear power plant bid by end of October
- North Caucasus Weekly, The Jamestown Foundation - October 10, 2008—Volume IX, Issue 38
- Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation - October 9, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 194
- Dmitry's Diatribe - Chavez, Ahmadinejad, Medvedev
- Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation - October 8, 2008 - Volume 5, Issue 193
- Oil, war and stirring imperial ghosts
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
NATO is having a bad year, and Angela Merkel is making sure it'll stay that way.
WINDOW ON EURASIA
Paul Goble
After Friday's explosions in Tskhinvali, South Ossetian officials and Russian media outlets have suggested that Georgian security services "are preparing new terrorist acts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia," charges that Moscow could use to justify slowing its promised withdrawal of forces from other parts of the Republic of Georgia by October 10.
- European Monitors Must Head into Abkhazia, South Ossetia
- If Russia's leaving, S. Ossetia town asks: Why build a new road?
- GEORGIA: SEPARATIST TERRITORY OF ABKHAZIA PROMOTES A "NEW ERA"
- Abkhazia, South Ossetia Presenting Moscow with Unexpected Problems
- Britons among EU police force in Georgia to monitor Russian withdrawal
- Latest News
- At least five dead as quake rattles Caucasus
- Latvia discussing new military exercises with US
- US team in Georgia finds radiation monitoring sites damaged
- G-7 Commit to `All Necessary Steps' to Stem Meltdown
- Oil falls near 13-month low on global slowdown
- Chaos on wheels greets Kouchner
- With Russians Gone, Georgians Start to Rebuild
- Russia would not cut off gas to Europe -US envoy
- 'Long road' ahead to resolve Georgia-Russia crisis: Kouchner
- UN chief to attend talks on Georgia in Geneva
- Russian Troops Leave Buffer Zones, But Not Georgian Separatist Regions
- EU Says Russia Hasn't Fulfilled Cease-Fire in Full
- Saakashvili calls for Russian withdrawal from breakaway republics
- France: Russia only partly met Georgia obligations
- EU aims for 'bottom-up' Georgia-Russia talks, diplomat says
- Georgia should not become another Northern Cyprus, minister says
- An “Iron Curtain” Descends Across Georgia!
- No normal ties with Russia until ceasefire respected: Georgian FM
- NATO: Too early to normalize relations with Russia
- Ukraine Debt Risk Soars on Elections, Bank Seizure
- Russia criticizes Nobel award for Ahtisaari
- Credit crunch puts new strains on Sarkozy-Merkel ties
- Russia's Deripaska Faces Western Investigations
- Russia among hardest-hit in economic meltdown
- Bush to Meet With G-7 Ministers at White House
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Henry Kissinger, "A World Restored," 1957.
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