Eurasia

TBILISI (Reuters) – A roll of explosions at a Russian-occupied military base this week sent a clear Kremlin message to Georgia about the frailty of its infant military and its prospects for NATO membership.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has asked the United Nations tribunal in The Hague to replace the judges who are overseeing the preparatory stage of his trial for charges including genocide.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected suicide bomber killed 23 people in the compound of a hospital in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as members of a religious minority were holding a protest, police said.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies said on Tuesday that regular contacts with Russia were impossible until its troops had been fully withdrawn from Georgia, and said they were “seriously considering” the implications of Moscow’s actions.

MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistanis danced in the streets on Monday after beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation, with many ordinary people hoping his departure would bring improvement to their lives.

VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia (Reuters) – No Russian tanks or armored personnel carriers left Georgia through the only military crossing point back into Russia overnight, a Reuters reporter at the border said on Tuesday morning.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India’s Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) will sell an additional 210,000 tons of diesel to Iran by December, Managing Director R. Rajamani said Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey’s energy minister on Monday announced plans to visit Tehran to discuss investment in gas fields and a pipeline project in a rebuff to the United States, which opposes energy deals with Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s first convoy of relief supplies for the displaced people of the Georgian city of Gori was delivered to the city’s officials.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official said that Tehran is striving to help provide security in the region of Caucasus.