NEWS:

EurasiaNet Weekly Update

THE FOLLOWING STORIES APPEARED ON EURASIANET OVER THE PAST WEEKS:

GEORGIA: WITH RUPERT MURDOCH AS AN ALLY, BILLIONAIRE PLEDGES BIG BUCKS
FOR OPPOSITION
Giorgi Lomsadze
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav110107a.shtml

ARMENIA BACKS OSCE MONITORING CURBS AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
Emil Danielyan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav110107bb.shtml

GEORGIA ENDS AGREEMENT FOR PEACEKEEPERS IN ABKHAZIA
Nina Akhmeteli
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav103107a.shtml

TER-PETROSIAN: IS ARMENIA READY FOR A COMEBACK?
Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav103007a.shtml

AZERBAIJAN: TERROR ATTACK FOILED IN BAKU
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102907a.shtml

ARMENIA'S TER-PETROSIAN SETS STAGE FOR TENSE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
Emil Danielyan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102907f.shtml

CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS TABLED
Joshua Kucera
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102907b.shtml

TURKISH-KURDISH TENSION SPARKS SHARP DEBATE IN AZERBAIJAN
Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102507.shtml

ARMENIA: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ABBREVIATED VISIT
Haroutiun Khachatrian
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102407a.shtml

CASPIAN SEA: AZERBAIJAN DIFFERS WITH RUSSIA ON PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102207a.shtml

last weeks

AZERBAIJAN: IS IRAN THE REASON FOR THE CIA DIRECTOR'S RECENT VISIT TO
BAKU?
Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav100407a.shtml

RULING BY LAW: AMBITIONS AND LIMITS OF THE 21ST CENTURY AUTHORITARIAN
MODEL
By Christopher Walker and Sanja Kelly
A EurasiaNet Partner Post from Freedom House
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav100407b.shtml

AZERBAIJAN: POLITICIANS GEAR UP FOR NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/100307f.shtml

ODD BEDFELLOWS? GEORGIA, BELARUS EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP
Nina Akhmeteli
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/100307a.shtml

ARMENIA: FORMER PRESIDENT LASHES OUT AT INCUMBENT ADMINISTRATION
Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav100207a.shtml

SAAKASHVILI RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS, BUT OPPOSITION FIGHTS ON
Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav100107.shtml

GEORGIA: BUILD IT, AND THEY MAY COME
Paul Rimple
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav092807b.shtml

GEORGIA FACES PROTESTS OVER EX-DEFENSE MINISTER'S ARREST
Elizabeth Owen and Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav092807.shtml

GEORGIA: PRESIDENT SILENT, WHILE KEY OPPOSITION PARTY TAKES SHAPE
Elizabeth Owen and Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav092707.shtml

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: GEORGIAN PRESIDENT LIGHTS A FIRE IN THE BEAR'S DEN
Deirdre Tynan and Camelia-Entekhabi Fard
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav092707aa.shtml

******************************************************************
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPEN FORUM SPEAKER SERIES
If you live in the New York City or Washington, DC area, join OpenSociety Institute for its Open Forum speaker series.
The Open Forum speaker series aims to enhance policy debate on key issues facing Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the Middle East, and to raise public awareness of important developments in these regions.
Bi-monthly Open Forum events are held in New York and Washington, DC, and are attended by leading policymakers, scholars, NGO staff, and journalists. The series is sponsored by OSI's Central Eurasia Project
(www.soros.org/initiatives/cep) and Middle East and North Africa Initiative. All events are free and open to the public. To receive Open Forum announcements, please email to cepopenforum@sorosny.org.
******************************************************************
-----------------------------------------------------------------
EurasiaNet (http://www.eurasianet.org) is a leading Internet News service, covering the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as Afghanistan, Turkey, the Middle East and Mongolia.
A comprehensive resource, the website provides exclusive analysis, emphasizing in-depth coverage of political economic and social issues largely unaddressed by other information sources. It provides an outlet
for opinions that challenge conventional wisdom. Contributors are based both in the West and in the region.
EurasiaNet is also a consolidator of news and information from outside sources, including the British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty and Interfax. Its database of links and resources
concerning the Caucasus and Central Asia is perhaps the most comprehensive found anywhere on the World Wide Web.
------------------------------------------------------------------
-- EurasiaNet also distributes these messages in Russian. If you would prefer to receive the Russian edition, please reply to this email with the word "Russify" in the subject line.
-- Using technology from AvantGo, EurasiaNet is available for your Palm OS or Windows CE device. To receive our news and analysis, formatted specifically for your handheld computer, click here:
http://www.eurasianet.org/palm.shtml