Mikheil Saakashvili

                   
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Obama and McCain pledge 'new era of reform'

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CHICAGO (AFP) - President-elect Barack Obama and his defeated Republican rival John McCain pledged a "new era of reform" to solve the US economic crisis, transform energy policy and safeguard national security.

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The Iskander Effect

georgiandaily.com
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David J. Smith* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the Federal Assembly on November 5 that he will deploy SS-26 Iskander short-range semi-ballistic missiles in the heart of Central Europe. But Moscow’s rhetorical missile...

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Back-Scratching in America

moscowtimes.ru
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18 November 2008By Alexei Pankin The Moscow Times welcomes letters to the editor. A few weeks ago, a British friend of mine said: "I have a personal banker in Switzerland whom I had consulted about possible foreign investments,...

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Russia backs Abkhazian show of force in Caucasus

georgiandaily.com
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By MARTIN SIEFF An unrepentant Russia is continuing its policy of arming to the teeth the two secessionist regions of Georgia that it has recognized as independent nations. The deputy defense minister of Abkhazia announced Nov....

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16-Nov-2008 5 related
        

Turkish President Abdullah Gul joined east European leaders at a summit in Azerbaijan aimed at promoting energy routes to Europe outside Russia's influence. Amid concerns in the region that US president-elect Barack Obama will...

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Putin Likens Saakashvili To Hussein

moscowtimes.ru
16-Nov-2008 2 related
        

An angry Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke in graphic terms about hanging Georgia's president during talks about a cease-fire to end the August war between the two countries, according to a French magazine report.

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EU and US back Caspian call

georgiandaily.com
16-Nov-2008 4 related
        

By Isabel Gorst in Moscow Europe and the US are renewing efforts to loosen Russia’s stranglehold over Caspian oil and gas exports, in spite of lingering fears about the security of pipelines in the region in the wake of the war...

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Georgia and Russia: the aftermath , Donald Rayfield

opendemocracy.net
15-Nov-2008 17 related
        

The Georgia-Russia war of 8-12 August 2008 has left a host of issues unresolved. The future of the contested territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the resettlement of the expelled and displaced, the fate of Georgia's...

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Shevardnadze says Georgia was wrong to cut ties with Russia

rian.ru
15-Nov-2008
        

MOSCOW, November 15 (RIA Novosti) - Former Georgian president and Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze has told the Euronews TV channel that Tbilisi was wrong to cut diplomatic ties with Moscow after the conflict over...

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Ossetia War: Lessons For Armenia

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15-Nov-2008 11 related
        

WASHINGTON - Within hours the long-running stand-off between Georgia and Russia-backed South Ossetia became a full-blown war causing hundreds of deaths, primarily among Ossetians but also among the now-defeated Georgian army....

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