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Survivors in Georgia Tell of Ethnic Killings - 20-08-2008
Now that the fighting between Georgia and Russia has subsided, killings will be grist for competing claims of ethnic cleansing.
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Russia Sends Mixed Signs on Pullout From Georgia - 20-08-2008
Russia showed the first signs of drawing down some of its troops in Georgia, but the detention of 21 soldiers was a reminder of their continued grip on the country.
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News Analysis: Once Its Rationale, Collective Defense Poses New Challenges to a Larger NATO - 20-08-2008
After emergency talks, NATO foreign ministers urged Russia to pull its troops out of Georgia immediately, but failed to agree on any specific punitive measures.
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Rice Signs Missile Deal With Poland - 20-08-2008
The agreement to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory is fiercely opposed by Russia.
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Some Democrats Urge Delay in Building a U.S. Missile System in Eastern Europe - 20-08-2008
While Republicans in Congress intend to push for an immediate start of construction, some Democrats say that the system has not been adequately tested.
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Spotlight on Local Laws Turns La Dolce Vita a Bit Sour - 20-08-2008
What began as a bit of summer fun in the Italian news media spun into an incident after a London newspaper wrote: ?Tourists beware: if it?s fun, Italy has a law against it.?
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Plane Swerves Off Runway at Madrid Airport - 20-08-2008
An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway while departing from Madrid airport Wednesday, Spain's national airport authority said.
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World Briefing | Europe: Serbia: Publisher Pulls Novel About Prophet - 20-08-2008
A novel about the Prophet Muhammad was pulled from bookstores in Serbia to avoid conflict with the country?s Muslim minority, its Serbian publisher, Beobook said.
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In Battered Villages, Georgians Speak, if They Dare - 19-08-2008
The tens of thousands of refugees who staggered out to Georgia?s capital recount stories of mass looting, of arson and, on what seems a small scale, of ethnic cleansing.
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U.S. Won?t Push NATO to Admit Georgia - 19-08-2008
The decision was a tacit admission that America and its European allies lack the stomach for a military fight with Russia.
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Copenhagen Journal: Making a Caricature of a Nation?s Fears - 19-08-2008
?The Terror Cell,? a show about a bunch of losers in a gang that can?t shoot straight, is scheduled to debut on Danish television next year.
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World Briefing | Europe: The Hague: Protest by Liberian - 18-08-2008
The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, refused to appear on Monday at his war crimes trial in The Hague, in a protest over new security rules.
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U.S. Watched as a Squabble Turned Into a Showdown - 18-08-2008
The U.S. seemed to have missed ? or gambled it could manage ? the depth of Russia?s anger and the resolve of Georgia?s leader to provoke the Russians.
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News Analysis: Europe Wonders if It Can Square Its Need for Russia With a Distaste for Putin - 17-08-2008
Europe?s dilemma: How does it balance its ties to Russia with concerns over the country?s new aggressiveness.
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Abkhazia Wrests Gorge From Preoccupied Georgia - 17-08-2008
The loss of the prized Kodori Gorge along Russia?s southwest border likely dashed any hopes in Georgia of taking control of Abkhazia.
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In Areas Under Russian Control, Limits for Western Media - 17-08-2008
Journalists? inability to visit villages routed in the conflict make a public accounting of the aftermath of the violence in South Ossetia and northern Georgia all but impossible.
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Under ?Kafkaesque? Pressure, Heir to Kafka Papers May Yield Them - 18-08-2008
The heir to the papers said a decision on their release will be made soon. But scholars wonder whether they will be kept in Israel or be sent abroad.
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Military Analysis: Russians Melded Old-School Blitz With Modern Military Tactics - 17-08-2008
The Russian military borrowed a page from classic Soviet-era doctrine: Moscow?s commanders sent an absolutely overwhelming force into Georgia.
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After the Battle, Anger Follows Ethnic Lines - 16-08-2008
The violence in South Ossetia has mostly subsided, but it it is unclear who is in charge. The answer will have important ramifications for an entire region?s future.
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In Ukraine, Fear of Being a Resurgent Russia?s Next Target - 17-08-2008
The countries along the border with the former Soviet Union are rethinking the idea that the days of Russian dominance are over.
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France Reaffirms Its Faith in Future of Nuclear Power - 17-08-2008
On the Normandy coast, France is building its first nuclear reactor in 10 years.
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A Push to Increase Icebreakers in the Arctic - 17-08-2008
A growing array of military leaders, Arctic experts and lawmakers say the United States is losing its ability to patrol and safeguard Arctic waters.
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Belarus Frees Opposition Politician From Prison - 17-08-2008
An opposition figure was freed after months of pressure from the United States and the European Union on Belarus?s president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.
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Rice, in Georgia, Calls on Russia to Pull Out Now - 16-08-2008
As the secretary of state tried to fix a loophole that Russia could use to justify its advance, Russian armor moved within 25 miles of Georgia?s capital, Tbilisi.
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News Analysis: No Cold War, but Big Chill Over Georgia - 18-08-2008
Russia?s Georgian offensive shattered the strategy of three U.S. administrations to coax Russia into an alliance with the West.
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For Russian Armor, Even With Rice in Georgia, Cease-Fire Is Not a Red Light - 16-08-2008
The blockage of Georgia?s main highway by Russian soldiers appeared to be a symbolic military rebuke to President Bush.
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News Analysis: As Russian Tanks Roll, Europe Reassesses - 15-08-2008
European leaders find themselves asking a question: How far will or can Russia go, and what should the response be?
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Russia Lashes Out on Missile Deal - 16-08-2008
The deal to place a U.S. missile defense base on Polish territory ?cannot go unpunished,? said a senior Russian defense official.
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Bush Aides Say Russia Actions in Georgia Jeopardize Ties - 15-08-2008
Russia?s military offensive in Georgia has punctuated a stark turnabout in the American view of Vladimir V. Putin, whom President Bush has called a friend.
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Russians Confident That Nation Is Back - 15-08-2008
Many Russians think that Russia?s actions in Georgia are nothing to get excited about, just the ordinary business of a great power in its traditional backyard.
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After Days of Fighting, Cooperation Is Strained - 15-08-2008
In Gori on Thursday, Russians and Georgians tried to take tentative steps away from further fighting and to adhere to the framework of a cease-fire brokered on Wednesday.
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Signs of Ethnic Attacks in Georgia Conflict - 15-08-2008
A pattern of violence by ethnic Ossetians against ethnic Georgians is emerging and has been confirmed by some Russian authorities.
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Russia?s Conflict Worries Wall Street - 15-08-2008
As a military conflict between Russia and Georgia ends its first week, a number of big Wall Street banks are beginning to reassess the stability of their businesses in Russia.
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Economy in Europe Contracted in Second Quarter - 15-08-2008
Gross domestic product in the 15-nation euro area declined 0.2 percent in the April-June period compared with the first quarter, according to reports on Thursday.
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World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Energy Cooperation With Iran - 15-08-2008
Iran and Turkey have agreed to increase their cooperation on trading energy, President Abdullah Gul of Turkey said Thursday.
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Q & A on Georgia - 19-08-2008
With Clifford J. Levy, Moscow bureau chief, and James Traub, a contributing writer for the Times Magazine.
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Cold Friends, Wrapped in Mink and Medals - 16-08-2008
The autocratic regimes in Beijing and Moscow that seemed so surely bound for the ash heap in 1989 have reinvigorated themselves.
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Dispatches: When the President of Georgia Was a Star Student at Columbia - 19-08-2008
In the 1990s, Mikheil Saakashvili attended Columbia University to pursue a master of laws degree.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Russia Never Wanted a War - 20-08-2008
The planners of the crisis in Georgia clearly wanted to make sure that Russia would be blamed for worsening the situation.





