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India, China, Dalai Lama: “Reflecting the Diversity of World Cultures and Civilizations”
Justrecently's Weblog —
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The RIC countries’ (Russia, India, China) foreign ministers had their 9th meeting in Bangalore, India, on October 27 and 28, and last night (November 3, 22:05 GMT), All India Radio’s (AIR) Daily Commentary pointed out that“on the political front, cooperation between these three global powers will buttress ...1 week ago -
PUBLICATION: Tagliavini Commission Report Awakens an Extinct Protest Volcano in Georgia (jamestown.org)
GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS —
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By: Koba LiklikadzeThe name of the Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini may soon be used as a flagship for a new protest movement in Georgia. The implacable Georgian opposition, who previously ran three-month long protest rallies which commenced in April, have reiterated their calls for pre-term elections in the country ...1 week ago -
The EU and the Georgian war: Saying ‘everyone is to blame’ isn’t good enough
Greater Surbiton —
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The EU fact-finding mission, headed by Switzerland’s Heidi Tagliavini, into the causes of last summer’s war in Georgia has released its Report . The Daily Telegraph has misrepresented the latter’s conclusions as amounting to an attribution of primary blame to the Georgian side in the conflict, with ...2 weeks ago -
STORY: Even positive gestures can cause trouble in Caucasus. By Scott Taylor (thechronicleherald.ca)
GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS —
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IT WAS LAST YEAR around this time that I made an extensive reporting trip to the volatile Caucasus region. This strategically vital territory between the Black and Caspian seas is a veritable hornet’s nest of mutually hostile former Soviet republics and breakaway ethnic enclaves. Although the distances are not vast, ...3 weeks ago -
Hollywood film about Russia-Georgia war being shot
Thaindian News —
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Moscow/Tbilisi, Oct 19 (DPA) Hollywood actor Andy Garcia was in Tbilisi preparing to star in a film about last year’s war between Russia and Georgia, media reports said Monday.Garcia is to play Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in the film by director Renny Harlin, according to the Interfax news agency.The ...3 weeks ago -
PHOTOREPORTAGE: An Azeri village in Georgia / Un villaggio azero in Georgia (osservatoriobalcani.org)
GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS —
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Our correspondents from Baku and Yerevan, Arzu Geybullayeva and Onnik Krikorian, visited an ethnic Azeri village in Karajala, eastern Georgia. A photo-reportage[...]The full article accompanied by photos and video is at: www.osservatoriobalcani.orgUn villaggio azero in GeorgiaI nostri corrispondenti da Baku e Yerevan, ...3 weeks ago -
The Tale of Two Wars in Georgia
Net News Publisher —
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On 30 September, the European Union released its report on 2008’s August war in the Caucasus. The aim was to establish what happened, since as stated in the preamble, “there can be no peace in the South Caucasus as long as a common understanding of the facts is not achieved.” Since its release, however, these ...4 weeks ago -
PHOTOGRAPHY: Uwe Schober: a whisper. By Laura Noble, The Pandorian (thepandorian.com)
GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS —
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In August 2008, Uwe Schober was witness to the five day Russian-Georgian war. He took photographs focusing on the plight of the many internally displaced people and a landscape brutally upturned by death and destruction.full text with more photos >>>4 weeks ago -
KOMMENTAR: "Georgien hat den Krieg begonnen" Von Marika Lapauri‐Burk , Dr. Frank Tremmel
GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS —
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Marika Lapauri‐Burk Max‐Brauer‐Allee 68 22765 Hamburg Hamburg, den 11.10.09 Betr: Ihr Artikel in der FAZ "Georgien hat den Krieg begonnen" Lieber Herr Veser, am 30. September, an dem Tag, an dem spät abends ...4 weeks ago -
STATEMENT: Lessons of the Georgia Conflict. By Heidi Tagliavini (nytimes.com)
GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS —
Authority: 137
A year ago, the European Union helped mediate an end to a war that left 850 Georgians (including South Ossetians) and Russians dead and 138,000 displaced. Then, for the first time in its history, the E.U. created an independent fact-finding commission to determine what went so badly wrong and how to avoid a ...4 weeks ago -
Peace prize, anyone?
Notes from underground —
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I dont have much to say right now, and what little I do have to say has been said for me by Notes from a Common-place Book: That is what I am saying : Recognizing Kosovo was madness, and Georgia paid the price for it. Trashing international law and ignoring state sovereignty when it suited us paved the way for other ...4 weeks ago -
The European Union will always suck up to communists and socialists
Telegraph.co.uk News Blog —
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Thanks to the EU for providing yet another illustration of why it should be disbanded. Over a million pounds, nine months and 900 pages later, the European chapter of the international paper-shuffling coalition comes up with a way to adequately spread the blame around for last year’s Russian invasion of a Georgian ...5 weeks ago