Gunmen set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a convoy carrying the chief of the Georgian-backed alternative administration in South Ossetia yesterday, injuring four but missing their apparent target.
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The Abkhazian coast was one of the most popular tourist spots in the entire Soviet Union. The demand was so high that those lucky enough to holiday in such seaside resorts as Gagra and Pitsunda often only managed to do so through bribes or connections.
The situation has changed dramatically since the collapse of Soviet Union and the separatist war which followed in 1992–93.
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Two dozen female inmates in a Tbilisi jail resumed their hunger strike on June 29, a week after ending the protest following intervention from the country’s spiritual leader.
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“I dream of the day when I don’t have to worry how I will feed my six children,” says 41-year-old Marina who laments that no one in her eight-member family has a job.
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly warns on Russian moves.
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