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Friday, May 9, 2008 Volume 12 Number 87

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Russia

	DUMA CONFIRMS PUTIN AS PREMIER
	RUMORS CONTINUE THAT YAVLINSKY WILL ENTER PUTIN GOVERNMENT
	MEDVEDEV TO REMAIN FORMAL HEAD OF GAZPROM BOARD THROUGH JUNE
	PROPOSED LAW COULD TARGET LAWYERS
	STRATEGIC MISSILES ONCE AGAIN ROLL THROUGH RED SQUARE...

Transcaucasia And Central Asia

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[ Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ]

	EU ENVOY CALLS FOR END TO REPRISALS AGAINST ARMENIAN OPPOSITION
	SACKED ARMENIAN GENERAL DENIES BACKING EX-PRESIDENT
	RUSSIA RELEASES TROOP FIGURES FOR ABKHAZIA
	GEORGIAN DENIES FIFTH SPY DRONE DOWNED
	GEORGIA TO CUT DEFENSE SPENDING

Eastern Europe

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[Belarus, Ukraine]

	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL APPEALS FOR U.S. LAWYER IMPRISONED IN BELARUS
	UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL SAYS ODESA-BRODY PIPELINE IN JULY WILL PUMP OIL IN PLANNED DIRECTION
	BULGARIA EASES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS WITH UKRAINE, MOLDOVA

Southeastern Europe

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[Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia]

	SERBS TO FORM OWN PARLIAMENT IN KOSOVA?
	BOSNIA LOCAL ELECTION SET FOR OCTOBER 5

Southwestern Asia And The Middle East

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[ Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq ]

	AFGHAN CIVILIANS, FOREIGN TROOPS KILLED IN KHOST PROVINCE
	PRINCE WANTS TALIBAN BROUGHT INTO AFGHAN GOVERNMENT
	NATO APPOINTS NEW CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN
	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ADOPTS NEW TACTICS ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
	IRANIAN MINISTRY OBJECTS TO COURT RULING ON TERRORISTS

End Note

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[ By Paul Goble ]

KYRGYZSTAN, UZBEKISTAN STILL RESENT RUSSIAN, SOVIET COLONIALISM

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