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 <title>ARMENIA: Dual Citizens Not to Vote at May Parliamentary Elections</title>
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 <description>Despite the fact that the Government of Armenia adopted the legal packet on dual citizenship in February, only residents will be participating in the 12 May parliamentary elections.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:43:30 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Armenia on Verge of Demographic Crisis</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6176</link>
 <description>the social-economic hardships of the past 15 years have resulted in a five-fold decrease in population growth in Armenia.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:27:18 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>AZERBAIJAN: No Compromise on Nagorno Karabakh Settlement, Say Most Azeris</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6175</link>
 <description>&amp;nbsp;59.4 percent of Azeri citizens said that they would not accept any kind of compromises in the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh (NK) conflict.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:24:38 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>BELARUS: No More Convoys for Kaliningrad Freightage</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6174</link>
 <description>The State Customs Committee of Belarus revoked its previous decision to accompany all the cargo shipments from Kaliningrad with convoy.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:21:59 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>UN Report: Belarus Leads in Female Representation</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6173</link>
 <description>Belarus ranks first among CIS member-states in the number of women serving in parliament.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:20:01 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>GEORGIA: Dozens of Tax Services Staff Detained</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6172</link>
 <description>In an unprecedented sweep, criminal police forces of the Georgian Ministry of the Interior, in conjunction with the General Prosecutors Office, on 13 March arrested several dozen employees of the Tax Services of Georgia.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:18:06 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Georgia to Send More Troops to Iraq</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6171</link>
 <description>Georgia is ready to send more troops to join the Coalition forces in Iraq, President Saakashvili said on 4 March.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:15:57 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>KAZAKHSTAN: Spacecraft Launch Preparations Underway at Baykonur</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6170</link>
 <description>Preparations are underway for the 7 April launch of the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft, which will deliver two Russian astronauts and an American space-tourist, Charles Simonyi, to the International Space Station.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:13:34 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Nazarbayav: Kazakhstan Considers Building Oil Refinery in Georgia</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6169</link>
 <description>President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan saying on 6 March that his country is considering building an oil refinery in Georgia&#039;s Black Sea port of Batumi.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:11:31 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>KYRGYZSTAN: Bishkek to Export Labor to South Korea</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6168</link>
 <description>Kyrgyzstan made it into the list of countries to export workforce to South Korea.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:09:16 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Kyrgyz Special Services Forces on Terrorism Alert</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6167</link>
 <description>The forces of Kyrgyz special services were on high alert after the leadership of the State National Security Committee (SNSC) received information about a possible terrorist attack in Bishkek during the month of March.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:06:38 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>MOLDOVA: Political Leader Gunned Down in Transdniestria</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6166</link>
 <description>Viktor Neumoin, the chairman of the local division of the pro-governmental Patriotic Party of Trandniestria in Tiraspol was found dead near his house on 13 March.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:33:43 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Russian Peacekeepers in Transdniestria Received Best Forces Award</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6165</link>
 <description>The Russian peacekeeping forces deployed to Transdniestria were recognized as the best Russian military contingent of 2006.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:31:42 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Many Russian Soldiers Too Dangerous to Carry Arms</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6164</link>
 <description>About thirty thousand Russian soldiers are considered too dangerous to be entrusted firearms.</description>
 <category domain="http://www.washprofile.org/en/taxonomy/term/43">Military and Security</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:29:11 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Women in Russia More Likely to Take on Risk Than Men</title>
 <link>http://www.washprofile.org/en/node/6163</link>
 <description>Russian women show more initiative in business matters than their male counterparts.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:27:31 -0400</pubDate>
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