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The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei
Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Abdullah II of Jordan, Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Armenian presidential candidate wounded in attack
MOSCOW -- An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded in a shooting attack Thursday night that disrupted campaigning in the former Soviet republic less than three weeks before the election. Paruyr Hayrikyan of the moderate opposition National Self-...
Tags: Moscow (Russia), Government, Armenia, Politics, Russia
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten
Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...
Tags: Armenia, Wars and Interventions, Russia, Azerbaijan, Mikhail S Gorbachev
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Moscow rally praises nationalism, denounces Putin and minorities
World NowOn Russia’s annual Day of National Unity holiday, more than 5,000 young nationalistic protesters took to the streets of the nation’s capital, denouncing President Vladimir Putin and demanding his ouster.... -
Russian journalist stabbed outside his Moscow home
World NowA Russian radio journalist known for reporting on the country’s auto industry and corrupt traffic police and who recently referred to the prophet Muhammad as a businessman was stabbed outside his home, police said Tuesday.... -
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Global military spending flattens as U.S. cuts back, Russia adds
World NowThe United States and much of Western Europe trimmed their military spending because of budget constraints, according to new data from by a Stockholm-based think tank. The slight drop in the United States, the biggest military spender worldwide, helped... -
IRAN, GEORGIA: Washington wary of warming ties between Tehran and U.S. ally
Babylon & BeyondIn a turn of events that has both Georgian and American diplomats walking on eggshells, Georgia and Iran agreed this week to eliminate visa restrictions and resume direct flights between Tbilisi and Tehran. This new open-border policy comes at a...... -
IRAN: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia squeezed between Tehran and Washington
Babylon & BeyondArmenia finds itself in an unfriendly neighborhood and engaged in a highly militarized 20-year territorial dispute with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. It has long pulled off a diplomatic coup, maintaining simultaneous close relations with... -
A Seder without matzo
I've always loved Passover, ever since I was a little girl. Long before I understood it as the Festival of Freedom that celebrates the ancient Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt, to me it was the holiday of difference. Indeed, it was — and...Tags: Matzoh, Holidays, Judaism, Hazelnuts, Potatoes
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Primarily wrong
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS looking at ways to tinker with its presidential primary schedule for 2008. It's a commendable impulse. The primary season has become a frenzied blur as more and more states have elbowed their way to the top of the calendar to...Tags: Politics, Elections, Jimmy Carter, Primaries, Parties and Movements
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Georgia's shameful attack on South Ossetia
In recent days, there has been a remarkable change in Western opinion about the August war between Georgia and Russia over my homeland of South Ossetia. The New York Times, the BBC and Human Rights Watch have reported extensive evidence of U.S.-armed...Tags: Government, Justice and Rights, Politics, Russia, Crime, Law and Justice
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