Eurasia Press & News
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine fears it could be the next target of Russia’s campaign to reassert influence over countries it long dominated in the Soviet Union, with Moscow well placed to foment separatist feelings in its Russian-speaking regions.
Read More »Red Cross to focus on missing in Georgia
GENEVA (Reuters) – Aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross, who have reached South Ossetia, will focus on visiting detainees and helping families trace missing loved ones, an ICRC spokesman said on Thursday.
Read More »France protests to Russia over diplomat
PARIS (Reuters) – France has complained to Russia after soldiers stopped the French ambassador to Georgia at a roadblock on Thursday, the foreign ministry said.
Read More »“Don’t do it”, U.S. told Georgia on eve of assault
OSLO (Reuters) – The United States warned Georgia against trying to retake rebel South Ossetia by force, including on the very eve of the August 7 attack that drew a crushing response from Russia, the U.S. envoy to NATO said on Thursday.
Read More »Violence hits Pakistan as ruling parties squabble
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan’s government to tackle the nation’s mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit but a split threatens to tear the coalition apart.
Read More »Suicide bombs kill 59 outside Pakistani arms plant
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Two Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the country’s main defense industry complex on Thursday, killing at least 59 people as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, officials said.
Read More »Georgia refugees make home in ex-Russian army base
TBILISI (Reuters) – Leila Inauri laughed grimly at the irony of her situation. “The Russians have driven us from our homes and now we end up as refugees here in a building that used to be the base for Russian soldiers serving in the Caucasus. It is an irony of …
Read More »Georgia war shows Russian army strong but flawed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian soldiers rode into battle against Georgia perched on top of their armored personnel carriers, not out of bravado but because a flaw in their armor can make it more dangerous to travel inside.
Read More »Russia to keep 500 troops in Georgia buffer zone
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia intends to keep 500 troops in a security zone surrounding Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
Read More »Taliban claim blasts at Pakistan ordnance complex
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for twin suicide blasts outside Pakistan’s main defense industry complex on Thursday which killed about 40 people.
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