NEWS: EurasiaNet Weekly Update 05-02-08

THE FOLLOWING STORIES APPEARED ON EURASIANET OVER THE PAST WEEK:

IRAN: TEHRAN COMES UNDER PRESSURE TO HALT SUPPORT FOR MILITIAS OPERATING IN IRAQ
By Kamal Nazer Yasin
A high-level Iraqi delegation was in Iran on May 1 for talks aimed at curtailing Tehran's support for Sh'ia militias operating in Iraq. The Iraqi officials were said to possess hard evidence that elements of Iran's Revolutionary Guards are supplying tactical and logistical support to militant groups in Iraq.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050108.shtml

GEORGIA: RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPER BUILDUP IN ABKHAZIA "ILLEGITIMATE" --
OFFICIAL
By Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050108b.shtml

OLDEST TEMPLE ON PLANET DISCOVERED NEAR TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER
By Nicholas Birch
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/rp042408.shtml

THE KREMLIN: ENTER A NEW FALSE DMITRY?
By Igor Torbakov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav043008.shtml

AZERBAIJAN: DID WASHINGTON HAVE A HAND IN STOPPING NUCLEAR SHIPMENT HEADED FOR IRAN?
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav042908.shtml

GEORGIA: A SIGN OF CHANGE? GEORGIA FLOATS ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL BONDS
By Nino Patsuria
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav042908a.shtml

FREEDOM HOUSE MEDIA REPORT PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE FOR CENTRAL ASIA,
CAUCASUS
By Deirdre Tynan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav042908b.shtml

CENTRAL ASIA: WATER WOES STOKE ECONOMIC WORRIES
By Joanna Lillis
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav042808.shtml

AMID WAR WORRIES, ABKHAZIA HAILS THE END OF EMBARGO
By Paul Rimple
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav042808a.shtml

IN GEORGIA, POLITICAL VIEWS ARE OFTEN BEST SAID IN SONG
A EurasiaNet Photo Story: Text by Giorgi Lomsadze; Photos by Molly
Corso.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav042508.shtml

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