Eurasia Press & News
TBILISI (Reuters) – Russia’s military campaign in Georgia has bolstered Georgians’ determination to join NATO, Eduard Shevardnadze, the man who helped end the Cold War and reconcile Moscow with the West, said on Thursday.
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22 August
World Bank to assess damage from Georgia war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A World Bank team will travel to Georgia on Friday to assess economic damage caused by the conflict with Russia and to discuss reconstruction plans, a senior bank official said on Thursday.
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22 August
Activists sail to bust Israeli sea blockade on Gaza
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) – International activists departed from Cyprus by boat on Friday in an attempt to run an Israeli sea blockade on 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza.
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22 August
First Russian navy ship returns to Ukrainian base
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – The first Russian navy ship returned to base in the Black Sea on Friday from operations against Georgia. A Reuters correspondent said about 100 Ukrainian protesters, brought by bus by a local party from a nearby town, marched through the Crimean port of Sevastopol as the …
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22 August
Russia announces permanent presence in Georgia
Russia says it will maintain military checkpoints within Georgian territory for good, despite a promise to complete a partial troop withdrawal by the end of the day.A senior Russian official said they will build a permanent infrastructure in a ‘buffer zone’ close to the disputed breakaway region of South Ossetia.
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22 August
Pakistan sets date to choose new President
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has agreed to a parliamentary debate on re-instating a group of judges who were deposed last year.Sharif had threatened to pull out of the coalition with the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto if the judges were not restored by today.
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22 August
Parole denied to Russian ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky
Jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has had his appeal for parole turned down by a court in Siberia.Once Russia’s richest man, he was sentenced in 2005 to eight years in prison for tax evasion and fraud. He maintains his innocence.
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22 August
Mottaki urges U.S. not to seek illegitimate position and interest
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (ISNA)-foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki urged the U.S. not to seek for illegitimate position and interest in the international arena.
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22 August
Afghanistan’s FM calls terrorism and drug trafficking closely-related issues
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (ISNA)-Afghanistan’s foreign minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta called for campaigning against drug trafficking and terrorism as closely-related issues.
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22 August
Iran voices condolences over Spain’s aircrash
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign minister voiced condolences to his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos over the disastrous aircrash.
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