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            <title>Russia: Repatriation Plan Appeals To Few Ethnic Russians</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Russia: Moscow Plays Its Cards Well At OSCE Madrid Meeting</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>OSCE: Key Meeting Set For U.S.-Russia Clash Over Democracy</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Kosovo: UN Envoy Says Pressure On Kosovo's Serb Voters Remains A Concern</title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Caught Between Russia And Georgia, South Ossetia Rift Widens</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Russia: Moscow Targets Vote Monitors In Bid To Overhaul OSCE</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Kazakh Official Defends Chairmanship Bid Before OSCE Panel</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Georgia: OSCE Confirms Missile Incident, Without Blame</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Central Asia: Governments, Banks Gradually Open Up To Islamic Banking</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Russia: Moscow 'Unhappy' With Outcome Of CFE Conference</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Central Asia: A Search For New Integration Models</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>U.S./Russia: Silent Diplomacy Versus Public Criticism</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Russia: Energy Summit Gives Putin New Trump Card</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 13:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Russia/U.S.: Conflicting Visions Of The OSCE</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 13:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Turkmenistan: New President Modifying Niyazov's Neutrality Policy</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 11:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Turkmenistan: Still Waiting For Berdymukhammedov's Thaw</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Russia: Putin's Repatriation Scheme Off To Slow Start</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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