washingtonpost.com - CaucasusCaucasusBeliefs Endure as Believers Move On- May 8, 2005 MIDYAT, Turkey On the day the genies show up, seemingly everyone in this historic town in southeastern Turkey heads for the door.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26644-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/c... U.S. to Aid Albania in Destroying Chemicals- May 8, 2005 Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) described the move as a breakthrough in the elimination of such stockpiles around the world.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52695-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Unforeseen Rebellion- May 8, 2005 Plans for a peaceful demonstration in Kyrgyzstan's capital quickly dissolved into a spasm of destruction that emptied or burned more than 100 stores abruptly devoid of uniformed police.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3982-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/c... Georgian President Tightens Grip on Reclaimed Province- May 8, 2005 President Mikheil Saakashvili dissolved the local parliament of the formerly renegade Ajaria province Friday and established direct rule as Georgian police and soldiers swarmed through the area disarming paramilitary forces that had resisted the central government.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9341-2004May7.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/ca... Kyrgyz Leader Hints at Plot by West- May 8, 2005 President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan reacted defiantly Tuesday to anti-government protests that have swept the south of the Central Asian republic, charging in a speech to parliament that the "opposition is directed and funded from the outside."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58084-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Blasts Target Christian Churches in 2 Iraqi Cities- May 8, 2005 At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the assaults, the first such large-scale violence against minority Christians who have long coexisted peacefully with Iraqi Muslims.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31840-2004Aug1.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/c... Protesters in Kyrgyzstan Denounce Ballot Fraud- May 8, 2005 Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Kyrgyzstan's president over allegedly fraudulent elections rampaged through a southern city Sunday, burning down a police station and occupying government buildings.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52233-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... A Former Superpower's Risky Legacy- May 8, 2005 The former Red Army base near Kutaisi, Georgia has deteriorated into a weedy munitions junkyard, one of hundreds of aging, relatively unprotected stockpiles scattered throughout the former Soviet Union.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55585-2004May25.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... U.S. Alleges 18 Plotted To Smuggle Soviet Arms- May 8, 2005 NEW YORK, March 15 -- U.S. authorities charged 18 people in an alleged scheme to smuggle grenade launchers, shoulder-fired missiles and other Russian military weapons into the United States, officials announced Tuesday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38611-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Leader Pledges To Unite Georgia- May 8, 2005 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili pledged Thursday to follow up his victory over the separatist leader of Ajaria province by reasserting control over two other breakaway provinces that won de facto independence during the 1990s.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6838-2004May6.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/ca... |