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Tajik Lawmakers Ratify EurAsEC Accord on Border Security Cooperation

The Tajik parliament on 15 February ratified the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) Border Security Cooperation Agreement... -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Moldova: Communists Propose Immunity for President

Moldova’s ruling Communist Party on 13 February submitted a bill that, if adopted, will give lifelong immunity to the president of the country, Itar-Tass reported... -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Kyrgyz Authorities Arrest Suspected Members of Outlawed Political Group

Kyrgyz police arrested two alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, the radical Islamist political organization banned in Kyrgyzstan, and seized weapons and group-related literature, Interfax reported on 14 February... -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Prime Minister: Kazakhstan's Per-Capita GDP Higher in 2005

Per-capita gross domestic product in the oil-rich republic increased in 2005 by an estimated 9.4 percent to $3,620 year on year, and is up by 30 percent since 2003... -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Abkhaz Leader: Georgia's Decision on Peacekeepers in Ossetia Only ‘Aggravates Situation’

The Georgian parliament's vote to replace Russian peacekeepers in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone with an international force is a sign of Tbilisi's determination to militarily resolve the conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Interfax cited Sergei Bagapsh, president of the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, on 15 February as saying. -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Saakashvili: Georgia Has Chance of Becoming NATO Member in 2008

Speaking during his state of the nation address in parliament, Georgian President Mekheil Saakashvili said on February 14 that Georgia “has a real chance of becoming a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2008.” -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Iran-Khodro to Assemble Samand Cars in Belarus

Iran-Khodro Industrial Group Managing Director Manuchehr Mantaqi and his counterpart at the Belarussian Yunison Company signed an agreement on 6 February to assemble Samand cars in Belarus... -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Belarus and Lithuania Join Efforts to Combat Drug Trafficking, Terrorism

The Belarusian Council of Ministers on 9 February approved a cooperation agreement reached last year with the Lithuanian government, paving the way for the two countries to join forces to counteract organized crime, terrorism, and illegal drug trafficking... -- 02/18/2006 >>>

Russia Mulling Airbase Deployment in Belarus

General Vladimir Mikhailov, Russia's Air Force commander, said on 15 February during a visit to Kyrgyzstan that his country's military authorities are contemplating the deployment of an airbase in Belarus... -- 02/18/2006 >>>

CE Official: Azerbaijan's Mayors Must Be Elected By the People

Giovanni Di Stasi, president of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA) of the Council of Europe (CE), said on 13 February that one of Azerbaijan’s main areas of concern should be the decentralization of state power... -- 02/18/2006 >>>
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