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RUSSIA: Chechen rebels take Dagestanis hostage
About 25-50 Chechen rebels infiltrated south-western Dagestan today, killed nine border guards...
RussiaCAUCASUS/US: Rumsfeld backs both Baku and Tbilisi
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Georgia today, amid tight security.
CaucasusARMENIA: GDP growth allows higher budget spending
Parliament begins plenary discussion of the draft 2004 budget today, and is expected to adopt it...
ArmeniaPROSPECTS 2004: 'Rose Revolution' will not travel far
Georgia's 'Rose Revolution' is a momentous event in the country's tumultuous post-communist...
RUSSIA/GEORGIA: Moscow awaits its moment in Tbilisi
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov helped resolve a dangerous standoff in Georgia by persuading...
RussiaGEORGIA: Talks may resume to end election protest
The opposition said today that it might resume negotiations with President Eduard Shevardnadze...
GeorgiaCAUCASUS: EBRD approves financing for oil pipeline
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) board today approved up to 250...
CaucasusCAUCASUS: World Bank approves Caspian pipeline loan
The World Bank's International Finance Corporation yesterday approved a loan of up to 250 million...
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