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Russia: Calling Abkhazia Via Russia

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

Eternal Remont reports that “as of November 16, Abkhazia will adopt Russian area codes for telephone service. This means than everyone trying to reach Uncle Bagrat in Gagra will have to call Russia and not Georgia.”

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Belarus: Webmaster and Politics

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

Andrei Khrapavitski reports on problems faced by a Belarusian political party following the election of a new leader: “According to the Belarusian blogosphere, a webmaster, loyal to the previous leader, is refusing to pass passwords and website requisites to the new team. Thus they cant update ...

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Ukraine: “Political Flu”

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

Today's updates on the flu situation: Greetings from Kyiv chronicles Day 5 and Day 6 of the epidemic; Chernobyl and Eastern Europe writes about the precautions taken at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant; Foreign Notes, What's up, Ukraine? and Wu Wei discuss president Yushchenko's address ...

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Kosovo, Hungary: More on the Tisza River Tragedy

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

A Fistful of Euros discusses the story of tragic death of 15 Kosovo Albanian illegal immigrants, who were trying to cross the Tisza River into Hungary and the EU. More about it - in Marietta Le's Oct. 28 GV post.

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Israeli and Palestinian youth use video to understand the conflict

Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra on 06/11/2009

Two different organizations in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are using video tools to help both Arabic and Jewish youth to understand the conflict and bridge gaps between them, creating spaces for interaction and communication where they can share their dreams, concerns and though ...

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