Lawyer: Iranian who faced stoning likely tortured
A lawyer for an Iranian woman who had faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction said Thursday he suspects she was tortured into confessing that she was an unwitting accomplice to her husband’s murder.
Missiles in place in Georgia’s rebel zones, says Russia
MOSCOW – Russia said yesterday it had deployed high-precision air defence missiles in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, sending a defiant signal to Tblisi and the West two years after a war with Georgia.
Georgia decries Russian missile deployment in Abkhazia
The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday protested the deployment of Russian S-300 air-defense systems on the territory of its former republic of Abkhazia.
Medvedev slams envoy for poor work in North Caucasus’ Dagestan
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday criticized his presidential envoy to the North Caucasus region for the poor situation in the volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
Iran airs ‘confession’ of woman who faced stoning
Iranian state television broadcast a purported confession by a woman who had faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction, a case that has drawn U.S. concern, an offer of asylum from Brazil and international protests.
Russia deploys missiles to protect Georgia rebels
Russia said on Wednesday it had deployed high-precision air defense missiles in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, sending a defiant signal to Tbilisi and the West two years after a war with Georgia.
Russia deploys air defenses to protect Georgia rebels
Russia said Wednesday it had deployed high-precision air defense missiles in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, sending a defiant signal to Tblisi and the West two years after a war with Georgia.
Jews seeking purchase of Azeri lands
The possible sale of Azerbaijani pieces of land to Jewish people, following the flood, has made villagers of the country worried about their future.
Deployment ‘very dangerous’
TBILISI (Georgia) – GEORGIA on Thursday accused Russia of taking an ‘extremely dangerous provocative step’ by deploying a sophisticated missile defence system in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia. ‘It is absolutely beyond understanding what aims this extremely dangerous provocative step may serve, which poses a threat not only to the Black Sea region but to the security of Europe as a whole …
Russia, Georgia tensions rise again
Russia said on Wednesday it had deployed high-precision air defence missiles in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, sending a defiant signal to Tbilisi and the West two years after a war with Georgia.
Russian missile deployment ‘dangerous’: Georgia
TBILISI (AFP) – Georgia on Thursday accused Russia of taking an “extremely dangerous provocative step” by deploying a sophisticated missile defence system in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia.
