Eurasia Press & News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament must pass a contentious elections law by mid-September in order to allow anticipated provincial polls to be held this year, the Electoral Commission said on Saturday.

GORI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russian troops deep inside Georgian territory are stopping thousands of refugees from returning to their homes, a Georgian official said on Saturday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia easily won its brief war with Georgia, but despite a media blitz to project its side of the story, it concedes it still has a way to go to win the propaganda battle.

AKHALI-SAMGORI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russian planes dropped bombs this month within 15 meters (50 feet) of a pipeline that British oil company BP was in the process of reopening through Georgia, according to witnesses.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said U.S. military advisers had been involved in this month’s conflict in Georgia and the White House could have planned it to help Republicans win the U.S. election.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Energy suppliers in the Caucasus and Caspian region could turn their backs on Georgia as a transit route after the country’s brief war with Russia, denting confidence in the Nabucco pipeline project.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia will tighten visa requirements for Russian citizens following the Kremlin’s decision to recognize two Georgian rebel regions, the government said on Saturday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least two Russian soldiers have been killed in bombings in Chechnya, including a suicide attack on a government camp, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan needs urgent help to avert a humanitarian crisis this winter, with millions facing some of the worst conditions for more than 20 years, a leading British charity said on Saturday.