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Yushchenko calls on Medvedev to improve ties

KIEV, Ukraine Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday urged Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to work for better bilateral relations. They have worsened over the last few years. In an open letter to his Ukrainian counterpart on August 11, Medvedev blamed Kiev for the deterioration in relations between the two former …

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Georgia Tries To Enforce Blockade On Rebel Regions

TBILISI, Georgia A Georgian court has remanded in custody the Turkish captain of a tanker detained this week delivering fuel to the breakaway region of Abkhazia, as Tbilisi tries to enforce a blockade on Russian-backed separatists. The captain faces up to 24 years’ imprisonment if found guilty of smuggling and …

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Bahçeli: Kurdish opening aims to destroy Turkey

TURKEY While Turkey’s top security board convened to discuss government-led efforts to solve the Kurdish issue, the leader of the ultra-nationalist party strongly reacted to the process, calling it “destruction of the unitary state.” “What the government is trying to do is to place martyrs and butchers, our soldiers and …

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17 dead, 58 missing in Russian dam disaster

RUSSIA The death toll from the catastrophic flood inside Russia’s biggest hydroelectric power station has risen to 17 but 58 people were still missing, officials said on today. “As a result of the disaster 17 people have died and at the current moment the fate of 58 workers of the …

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Georgia seizes ships

TBILISI, Georgia Georgia said Thursday it had seized two cargo ships visiting its rebel Abkhazia region this week, as it steps up efforts to enforce a naval blockade of the Moscow-backed breakaway province. The detentions drew an angry response from Abkhazia’s separatist leadership, which warned it could offer a ‘proportional …

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