NEWS: EurasiaNet Weekly Update 05-09-08

THE FOLLOWING STORIES APPEARED ON EURASIANET OVER THE PAST WEEK:

CASPIAN BASIN: NO WAY TO HALT STURGEON POACHING
Momentum is building among Caspian Basin governments for a moratorium on sturgeon fishing, in order to protect the lucrative caviar trade. Informal discussions with fishermen, however, suggest that an official ban would be unlikely to halt the dangerous depletion of sturgeon
stocks.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050808.shtml

ARMENIA: ADMINISTRATION, OPPOSITION TAKE TENTATIVE STEPS TOWARD OPENING DIALOGUE
By Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050808a.shtml

GEORGIA'S LIGHTER TAX BURDEN COMES WITH POTENTIAL PITFALLS FOR TAXPAYERS
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050708a.shtml

GEORGIA: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS COMPLAIN ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ELECTION MONITORS
By Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050608a.shtml

AZERBAIJAN: STATE MEDIA EMBROILED IN GAY BASHING CONTROVERSY
By Mina Muradova
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050608.shtml

OLDEST TEMPLE ON EARTH DISCOVERED IN TURKEY
By Nicholas Birch
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/rp050508.shtml

AZERBAIJAN: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR PLANT EQUIPMENT RELEASED TO IRAN
By Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050508.shtml

ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROVING TRICKY FOR GEORGIA'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
By Molly Corso
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050208b.shtml

AZERBAIJAN: READY FOR STURGEON FISHING BAN, THOUGH RELUCTANT TO FOLLOW RUSSIA
By Rovshan Ismayilov
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050208a.shtml

ARMENIA: TIME FOR A CHANGE ON KARABAKH?
By Gayane Abrahamyan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav050208c.shtml

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

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