washingtonpost.com - CaucasusCaucasusArmenian Protests Falter Under Authoritarian Rule- May 8, 2005 President's hold on power contrasts sharply with 'rose revolution' in neighboring Georgia.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41457-2004Jul10.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Winners With Wallets- May 8, 2005 Economic size wields major influence over how well a nation does at the Olympics.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40079-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Georgian Premier's Death Blamed on Gas Accident- May 8, 2005 MOSCOW, Feb. 3 -- Georgia's prime minister, Zurab Zhvaniya, was found dead early Thursday, apparently killed by carbon monoxide leaking from a faulty gas heater at the apartment of a political colleague and friend, Georgian officials said.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59485-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/c... Exodus Is New Chapter In Armenia's Sad Story- May 8, 2005 A crisis of confidence that has left Armenia hemorrhaging people for nearly all of its short history of independence has made the rugged mountain country one of the fastest-disappearing nations in the world.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43217-2004Jul11.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Espionage Unit Expands Rumsfeld's Domain- May 8, 2005 The Pentagon has created an secret arm and is reinterpreting U.S. law to give the secretary of defense authority over clandestine operations abroad.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29414-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... A Georgian Reborn, Still Straddling Two Cultures- May 8, 2005 Salome Zourabichvili, born in Paris to an immigrant family that fled Georgia in 1921, was the French ambassador to the former Soviet republic until March.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14316-2004Jun3.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/c... Honoring a Democrat From Georgia- May 8, 2005 When Prime Minister Zurab Zhvaniya of Georgia was a child, he was given a full measure of his country's terrain, its gorges and lakes, its traditions and monuments, during hiking trips with his father every summer.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53800-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/c... Building a Democracy- May 8, 2005 The new president of Georgia is learning that governing is harder than staging a revolution.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46542-2004May21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Transplanted Traditions for Troops- May 8, 2005 Turkey trot and holiday feast offer respite at a base warmed by thoughts of home.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13014-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Chess Genius Kasparov Retires- May 8, 2005 MOSCOW, March 11 -- Garry Kasparov, the brilliant and aggressive tactician regarded by many as the greatest chess player of all time, has announced his retirement from professional play. He said he planned to write books and become more active in the politics of his native Russia, which he said was "headed down the wrong path."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28176-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... |