Georgia News Digest 04-06-07
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1. U.S.-Russian Relations Strong, Complex, Rice Says But Moscow faces challenges
2. Tbilisi Cannot Understand What Moscow Calls Neutrality
3. Why Europe Is “Above All” for Georgia?
4. Iran's Nuclear Program [excerpts]
5. BP's Azeri pipeline reaches full capacity
6. Russia makes advances to Turkmenistan
7. The New Silk Road
8. Georgian PM Hails Economic Ties with Kazakhstan
9. Noghaideli hosts Kazakh Prime Minister
10. Georgian speaker says Kazakhstan's support important
11. Kazakhstan may become Georgia's top investor in 2007 - premier
12. Georgia – Kazakhstan Bilateral Agreements Aiming to Close Economic Ties
13. De-facto Authorities of Tskhinvali: Dimitri Sanakoev’s Authorities Create Confusion in Informational Field
14. The Presidential initiative will be discussed at the plenary session today
15. Georgia's parliament gives tentative backing to provisional government for South Ossetia
16. Georgian parliament approves draft law on administrative unit for South Ossetia
17. Consensus Is Achieved: Interim administrative-territorial unit created in Tskhinvali region
18. Absurdity of Analogies: The Status of Kosovo and the Problem of Tskhinvali Region
19. Rocket Attacks A Set Back – Ban
20. Georgian court issues jails sister of former presidential aide
21. U.S. Exclusion of Abkhazia Minister Explained, While Gunship Mystery Continues, Russia in the Wings
22. Banknotes with Sokhumi Images Issued into Circulation
Epoch Is Over
23. Shall We Have a 100,000 Army?
24. The Horrific Murder in Kobuleti: Former Police Academy Student Sought in Triple Homicide
25. Kvareli District Governor Is Blamed for Murdering Children
26. Juveniles’ Cases Will Be Discussed By Special Judges
27. Georgian Lawmakers are to Remove High Treason Charge
28. Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee visits Georgia
29. Levan Tsintsadze has been sentenced to 2-month pre-trial detention
30. Georgian Government Must Apply Democratic Principles to Topuria Trial - U.S. Legal Counsel to Maia Topuria
40. Twelve Angry Men: Trial of Giorgadze party members
41. Three New Companies to Invest Over USD 100 million in Georgia’s Oil and Gas Sector in the Next Four Years
42. Millenium Challenge Georgia Fund Meets Kakheti Business Hopefuls
43. Increased Water Tariff Reveals Its Side Effects
44. The Dilemma of Political Finance Laws: What will work in Georgia?
45. President May Pardon a Co-founder of TV Station “202”
46. Director of Broadcasting Company “Hereti” Protests against Article Published by Human Rights Center’s Website
47. Meet the New “Green Building”
48. City on Steroids
49. Life of Deported Meskhetians in Imereti Region
50. Explosion Resulted In the Death of Two People
51. New Law for IDPs
52. Five-Year-Old Gia Janelidze -“I will go to the City. What Shall I Do Here?”
53. Thirty-three % of Street Children Is Georgian
54. Assistance project for Georgian victims of human trafficking
55. Georgia Searches for Stolen Golden Fleece at the Doorstep of Europe
56. World Vision to Support Homeless Kids
57. Global Consciousness through Global Exchange
58. Not Enough PR for Professional PR in Georgia
59. A Visit to the ‘Creative’ World of the Mentally-Disabled; a Brilliant Prospect with a Threatened Future…
60. “Orbi” as a Symbol of Changing Georgia
61. Where There is Smoke…
62. Hepatitis A Threatens Poti Population
63. Fining the Marshutkas
64. Ocean of Flowers to Fall in Love and more…These ambassadors of beauty are often quite lucrative
65. Monumental Competition: Previews of Georgia’s Next Public Memorial on Display

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Jonathan Kulick, Ph.D., Director of Studies, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, 3a Chitadze, Tbilisi 0108, Georgia (Republic), jonathan.kulick@gfsis.org, office: +995 32 47 35 55, mobile: +995 95 33 33 40, USA voicemail: 310.928.6814