03/11/2010 15:32 CHECHNYA – RUSSIA TB is back in Grozny but doctors and facilities are in short supply (AsiaNews.it)
» Chechnya has 325 registered TB sufferers for every 100,000 residents, but many other fail to report the disease fearing social marginalisation. In comparison, there are about ten cases per 100,000 in Europe.
Unsnarl the Armenia-Turkey-Azerbaijan jam (The Japan Times)
YEREVAN, Armenia — Will Turkey’s current turmoil between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country’s powerful army complicate and delay the country’s boldest initiatives in years — the moves to address decades-old tensions with both Armenians and Kurds? Restructuring the role of Turkey’s army is vital, but if Turkey cannot follow through with the Armenian and Kurdish openings, then its …
AZERBAIJAN: FISHING BOAT CATASTROPHE ON CASPIAN AVERTED (EurasiaNet)
Azerbaijani rescuers on March 12 saved 15 Russians from a fishing boat that caught fire on the stormy Caspian Sea, local news services reported.
EU’s Barroso ‘concerned’ by Georgian invasion hoax (EARTHtimes.org)
Brussels – The head of the European Union’s executive said Wednesday that he was concerned by a hoax TV report in Georgia which claimed that Russia had invaded again, urging Tbilisi to avoid stoking tensions in the volatile region. The programme sp…
EU urges Georgia not to aggravate Russia tensions (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The European Union has urged Georgia’s government to avoid exacerbating regional tensions after a Georgian television station broadcast a fake news report about Russian forces heading for the capital Tbilisi.
GEORGIA: ALLEGED TELEPHONE TAPES STIR CONTROVERSY OVER FAKE RUSSIAN INVASION REPORT (EurasiaNet)
Tape recordings have surfaced that suggest Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili may have had a role in the broadcast of a fake television report about a Russian invasion of Georgia.
Four militants killed in police operation in Chechnya – Kadyrov (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Four militants were killed in a special police operation in the mountainous south of Chechnya, in Russia’s North Caucasus, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday.
Georgian TV Aimed to ‘Scare’ Viewers With Fake Invasion Report (Bloomberg)
March 16 (Bloomberg) — Georgia’s Imedi television aimed to “scare” viewers with a fictitious report of a Russian invasion and assassination of President Mikheil Saakashvili , according to an audio recording broadcast late yesterday by Georgian media.
Azerbaijani court rejects Hajizada’s most recent appeal (The Collegian)
Adnan Hajizada, Azerbaijani activist and University of Richmond alumnus, lost his most recent appeal Wednesday, causing his supporters to continue to criticize the government.
Georgia opposition leader slams Russian invasion hoax in interview (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
A fake Georgian TV news report breathlessly detailing a massive Russian invasion of Georgia appeared so terrifyingly real that it caused cellphone networks to crash while thousands of people poured into the streets of Tbilisi and other cities to besiege ATM machines, food stores, and gas stations.
‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast Highlights Pathologies of Georgian-Russian Relations (The Moscow Times)
VIENNA – A broadcast on Georgian television about “the possible course of development of events in the case of a [new] Russian intervention” has sparked discussion about the dangers of such a “War of the Worlds”-type TV show in the current environment and raised questions about “who benefits” from such actions.
Traditions and customs of Azerbaijan- celebration of Novruz (3) (People’s Daily)
&$ &$ &$ &$Favorite Holiday of Children&$ &$ Children love Novruz. For them, it’s presents, sometimes even gold coins or brand new bills and best of all, vacation from school! On the last Wednesday prior to Novruz, children slip around to their neighbors’ homes and apartments, knock at their doors, and leave their caps or little basket on the thresholds all the while hiding nearby waiting for …
