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U.S. Seeks New Supply Routes Into Afghanistan (1)
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TORKHAM, Afghanistan, Nov. 18 -- A rise in Taliban attacks along the length of a vital NATO supply route that runs through this border town in the shadow of the Khyber Pass has U.S. officials seeking alternatives, including the prospect of beginning deliveries by a tortuous overland journey from ...Shared by Edward Stoffel (205)Contribute comment -
Georgia and Russia: the aftermath (1)
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Georgia and Russia: This is the most balanced and informative discussion I've seen since the invasion over three months ago (MeFi thread). If you've been wanting to catch up, this essay and its many useful links are the way to go. The author, Donald Rayfield, is professor of Russian and Georgian and knows both countries well. (Via wood s lot.)Shared by Bill Streeter (45)Contribute comment -
Friday Photo: Wedding day for 1,400 in the Caucasus (1)
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In Azerbaijan's breakaway majority-Armenian province of Nagorno-Karabakh, 700 ethnic-Armenian couples were wed in a mass ceremony on Oct. 16. Anahit Hayrapetyan reports for Eurasianet: Russian-Armenian businessman Levon Hairapetian, a native of the Karabakh village of Vank, financed the ceremonies. Each couple received a payment of $2,000; newlyweds living in villages received a cow. That financial support will continue with each child born: couples will receive $2,000 for their first child, $3,000 for a second child, ...Shared by Jeremiah (77)Contribute comment -
Why Saakashvili didn't launch an insurgency: the beards? (1)
onMikheil Saakashvili on why Georgia didn't launch an insurgency against Russia, à la Chechnya:Eventually we would have chased them away, but we would have had to go to the mountains and grow beards. That would have been a tremendous national philosophical and emotional burden."Shared by San Franziskaner (23)Contribute comment
