Armenia and Turkey Signed Historic Protocols Treaty.

Today in Zurich, Switzerland after tensions and delays in negotiations over three hours long, Armenia and Turkey finally signed a Treaty to establish diplomatic ties between the countries after 94 years of...

Burns 250th anniversary: The Worlds Burns supers

As Scotland celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns where else will be hosting Burns suppers? " But perhaps the most unusual Burns Supper will be held in war-torn Helmand. Around 800 service...

Caucasus great game revisited

As Iran and Turkey agree on regional security issues, pressure from OTAN and Russia reminds many of the Great Game conflicting interests in the Caucasus. This article - from an Iranian perspective- explains some motivations behind the political moves of the countries in...

Gunfight erupts in Mexican capital, 2 killed

Mexico is in severe grip of the drug dealers and gang fights often leads to of killing members from rivals gang. Warring gangs are involved in gun fights. There is this news coming from Mexican capital...

Iran plays the mediator in Caucasus

As Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad prepares to travel to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, his country role as mediator in the Caucasus provides an edge in public diplomacy. Such image and mediation not only contradicts the US declaration of Iran as a...

Iranian Shuttle Diplomacy in the Caucasus

" By Armin Hedayati. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Georgia Wednesday to help resolve the Caucasus crisis. Before Tbilisi he visited Russia, Republic of Azerbaijan and Germany while Armenian...

Cheney seeks to bolster Ukraine

USA is still meddling and still blaming Russia for the war Georgia started truthfully it buggers belief.  This is obvously going down the wrong path.  "US Vice-President Dick Cheney is in Ukraine on the last stop on his tour of the region aimed at showing support...

Update: Cheney seeks safe energy routes, Ukraine and Georgia Nato members

Cheney: Georgia and Ukraine Nato members " TIBLISI, Georgia (CNN) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday the United States firmly backs NATO membership for Georgia, telling Georgian President Mikheil...

Which way will Central Asian oil flow?

In the wake of the recent violence in Georgia, Russia and the EU and the US have been centre stage in managing the fall-out, choosing sides and standing their respective grounds.  What has not been so in the...

Google: We Did Not Erase Maps of Georgia

Several reports coming out of Google have suggested that data from Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan has been taken off Google Maps. One story reported in the New York Times blog, said that the maps went blank as soon as the fighting started last week."Google says that’s not...

Where is Georgia's Map on Google?

In this sudden burst of war between Georgia and Russia, Google Maps as an 'impartiall observer', removed the map details from the Georgian map , preventing the map from being used by the...

Iran: US behind extremism in ME

" Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:07:42 GMT Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the emergence of extremism is the brainchild of the US policies in the Middle East. “Today, extremism in Afghanistan and...

Russia: Skinhead gang accused of killing 20 in Moscow

" Russian prosecutors yesterday charged a skinhead gang led by two teenagers with the racist murders of 20 people during a series of brutal attacks in Moscow. Prosecutors said they had charged nine people aged...

Young scientists uncover styrofoam waste treatment

" Vici Riyani and Adrienne Trinovia Sulistyo, second-year and third-year students at Santa Laurensia senior high school in Tangerang, have found a waste treatment solution for styrofoam. Through a series of...

Azerbaijan's Gobustan Petroglyphs

"This nature wonder were only discovered through accident when a group of men go in there to quarry for stones in 1930. Since the area are abundant in boulders and rock formations, one quarry worker noticed the unusual carvings on the rocks. They also discovered these...

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