<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TurkishWeekly.net Caucasus News (10) </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net</link><description>News, Comments and Articles from Turkey and the Region</description><language>en</language><copyright>© 2006 USAK.org.tr / ISRO.org.uk</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:10 +0200</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:10 +0200</lastBuildDate><category>Newspapers</category><item><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:10 +0200</pubDate><title>There are no unresolved issues between Baku and Moscow — Azeri prime minister</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55347</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">There are no unresolved issues between Baku and Moscow — Azeri prime minister</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Friday , 16 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no unresolved issues between Azerbaijan and Russia; the relations between the two countries are at the highest level, said Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade while meeting speaker o ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55347 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:08:08 +0200</pubDate><title>Regular rotation of Russian peacekeepers in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone to be held in late May</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55335</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Regular rotation of Russian peacekeepers in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone to be held in late May</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Thursday , 15 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A planned rotation of a battalion of the Russian peacekeepers from the Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone is scheduled to take place from May 27 to 31. The announcem ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55335 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:36:10 +0200</pubDate><title>Construction of Turkish part of BTK railway set to begin in July</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55328</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Construction of Turkish part of BTK railway set to begin in July</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Thursday , 15 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The construction of the 76km long section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project in Turkey will start in July.

Ministry of Transportation officials said on Thursday that presidents of Turke ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55328 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:38:56 +0200</pubDate><title>Georgia: Abkhazia Tensions Still High After EU, U.S. Visits </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55322</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Georgia: Abkhazia Tensions Still High After EU, U.S. Visits </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Wednesday , 14 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow remain tense over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia following a visit to Georgia by a European Union delegation and a top Washington envoy.

U.S. Deputy Ass ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55322 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:41:57 +0200</pubDate><title>Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Georgia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55304</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: Georgia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Tuesday , 13 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Georgian government improved border security operations and worked to eliminate corruption at border checkpoints, focusing its efforts on stopping the smuggling of contraband, including money, ill ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55304 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:04:57 +0200</pubDate><title>Georgia is Preparing for Parliamentary Elections</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55300</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">Georgia is Preparing for Parliamentary Elections</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Tuesday , 13 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do not think that the parliamentary elections in Georgia and the deterioration of the Russian-Georgian relations are interconnected. In Russia the elections have already took place, in Georgia the e ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55300 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:54:46 +0200</pubDate><title>EU Ministers in Georgia for Crisis Talks </title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55297</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">EU Ministers in Georgia for Crisis Talks </td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Tuesday , 13 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Five European Union foreign ministers are in Georgia to show support for its pro-Western government, as a Georgian-Russian dispute over Moscow's backing for Georgian separatists continues.

The fore ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55297 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:41:40 +0200</pubDate><title>US Country Reports on Terrorism - Georgia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55252</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">US Country Reports on Terrorism - Georgia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Monday , 12 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2008 - Official Text

*** Georgia

"The Georgian government improved border security operations and worked to eliminate corruption ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55252 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:33:51 +0200</pubDate><title>US Country Reports on Terrorism - Azerbaijan</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55249</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">US Country Reports on Terrorism - Azerbaijan</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Monday , 12 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2008 - Official Text

* Azerbaijan 

"Over the past five years, the Government of Azerbaijan has aggressively apprehended and pros ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55249 </guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:31:25 +0200</pubDate><title>US Country Reports on Terrorism - Armenia</title><link>http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55248</link><description>           <![CDATA[  <table border="0" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="0" width="600"><tr><td style="font-size: 16 pt;">US Country Reports on Terrorism - Armenia</td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-size:9px;color:#777777;">Monday , 12 May 2008</div><div align="left" style="font-size:12px; color:#111111; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*** Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2008

Chapter 2 -- Country Reports: Europe and Eurasia Overview

* "Armenia's geographic location, porous borders, and loose vis ..... </div></td></tr></table>        ]]> </description><guid> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=55248 </guid></item></channel></rss>