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THE FOLLOWING STORIES APPEARED ON EURASIANET OVER THE PAST WEEK:

TURKISH FISHING VILLAGES BLAME PIPELINE FOR DWINDLING CATCHES
Part 3 of 3 in a series
Text by Yigal Schleifer. Photos by Rena Effendi
At the end of the 1,760-kilometer-long Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, in the shadow of Turkey's gleaming Ceyhan oil terminal, stands the hardscrabble fishing village of Golovasi. As in other nearby hamlets, the village's fetid canal and dilapidated cement houses provide a stark contrast to the promise embodied in its high-tech neighbor -- and a strong illustration of misplaced local expectations that a pipeline means prosperity.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav060707.shtml

ARMENIA: A COALITION GOVERNMENT AMIDST CONFLICT
Gayane Abrahamyan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav060707a.shtml

WATER WARS DIVIDE DISPUTED TERRITORY OF SOUTH OSSETIA
Text by Molly Corso. Photos by Alexander Klimchuk
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav060707b.shtml

ARMENIA: QUESTIONS CONTINUE ABOUT ELECTIONS
Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav060407a.shtml

A POLITICAL PARTY FOR GEORGIA'S FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER?
Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav060107a.shtml