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EurasiaNet Weekly Update

THE FOLLOWING STORIES APPEARED ON EURASIANET OVER THE PAST WEEK:

US CONCERNED BY ARMENIA'S ENERGY TIES WITH IRAN
Emil Danielyan
The United States has expressed concern about Armenia's deepening economic relations with neighboring Iran, with a senior American diplomat warning that they might run counter to international sanctions
imposed on Tehran over its controversial nuclear program.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav062107a.shtml

GEORGIA: THE DEFENSE MINISTRY LAUNCHES A MEDIA BLITZ TO IMPROVE PUBLIC
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Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav062007.shtml

GEORGIA GRAPPLES WITH RISING TEENAGE CRIME
Paul Rimple
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061907a.shtml

GEORGIAN BASE DISPUTE HELPS STOKE NATO-RUSSIAN TENSION
Jean-Christophe Peuch
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061807.shtml

AZERBAIJAN AND TURKMENISTAN PROBE RAPPROCHEMENT
Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061807a.shtml

A GREAT 20TH CENTURY CHRONICLER STRIVES TO MAKE SENSE OF HISTORY
Travels with Herodotus Ryszard Kapuscinski Knopf, June 11, 2007 288 pp.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061507a.shtml

IN TBILISI, IT'S BOOM TIME FOR BUILDING
Diana Petriashvili
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061507f.shtml

ABKHAZIA: BRACING FOR MORE TROUBLE
Joshua Kucera
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061407f.shtml

CAN US-RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION IN AZERBAIJAN WORK? A
EurasiaNet Commentary by Richard Weitz
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061407a.shtml