Eurasia Press & News
August 17, 2006 — The Moscow city court has sentenced the former head of security at the bankrupt oil firm Yukos to 24 years in prison for a series of contract killings. Aleksei Pichugin is already serving a 20-year sentence on charges of organizing several murders,
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August, 2006
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16 August
Gazprom-Algeria dealsparks price rise fears
 Rome/Brussels: The European Commission said yesterday it was closely following Russian gas monopoly Gazprom’s cooperation deal with Algeria’s Sonatrach after Italy said it could lead to higher gas prices in Europe.
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16 August
Comment: Planet of the crocodiles
Comment on Dr Fereydun Hilmi’s article: SOS – Is there anyone out there! Tuesday, August 15, 2006, KurdishMedia.com
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16 August
Comment: The GDP of Kurdistan
Comment on the article: The GDP of Kurdistan, Tuesday, August 15, 2006, KurdishMedia.com, By Nergiz Duhoki
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16 August
The PUK starts a wave of detention after recent protests
London (KurdishMedia.com) 15 August 2006: The PUK security forces Asayish is still searching for the participants of the protest of the town of Derbendixan (aka Darbandikhan) of the 7th August, reported local media on Monday.
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16 August
Amed’s Mayor: Only dialogue has not been used to solve Kurdish issue
Amed-Kurdistan (KurdishMedia.com) 15 August 2006: Osman Baydemir is the mayor of Amed (Diyarbakir), the largest city in northern (Turkish) Kurdistan. A veteran human rights activist and lawyer by training, Mr. Baydemir is a representative of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). He is perhaps the most prominent Kurdish politician in Turkey,
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16 August
Washington: Kurds protest for recognition of genocide
On 21 August 2006, Klawrojna is taking charge of a massive and collective protest to be held in front of the Federal Iraqi Embassy in the heart of Washington D.C.
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16 August
The GDP of Kurdistan
Recently, the president of the Kurdistan Development Corporation and the representative of the symbolically united government of Southern Kurdistan appeared on NBC-Canada, advertising the “friendly†environment of Kurdistan for investments.
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16 August
Slovenian president’s envoy jailed in Sudan for spying
A Sudanese court has sentenced Slovenian president’s special envoy Tomo Kriznar to two years in jail for spying and entering the country illegally, news agencies are reporting. He was involved in the peace process  between Sudan’s government and rebels in the troubled Darfur region.
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16 August
Assad says Mideast peace process has failed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday that the Middle East peace process had failed, in a speech about the conflict in Lebanon on Tuesday.
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