EurasiaNet Weekly Update

[Harold Schiffman]

 Eurasiaweek <thisweek at eurasianet.org>

THE FOLLOWING STORIES APPEARED ON EURASIANET OVER THE PAST WEEK:

AFGHANISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE CASE HAS CHILLING EFFECT ON PRESS FREEDOM
Terry Friel
The death sentence given recently to a 23-year-old journalism student
in Afghanistan has fast emerged as the focal point in a culture clash,
the outcome of which stands to heavily influence the country's future
political direction.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav022108.shtml

GEORGIA: TREADING CAREFULLY ON THE MATTER OF KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
Giorgi Lomsadze
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav022108a.shtml

TER-PETROSIAN CLAIMS MILITARY SUPPORT; PERMANENT PROTESTS BEGIN
Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav022108b.shtml

INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS: ARMENIA'S VOTE PASSES THE MARK
Gayane Abrahamyan and Elizabeth Owen
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav022008a.shtml

TAJIKISTAN: SEVERE WINTER WEATHER MEANS LOOMING PESTILENCE AND HUNGER
Konstantin Parshin and Kambiz Arman
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav022008b.shtml

ARMENIA: ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE CLAIMS OUTRIGHT PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY,
OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS WON'T ADMIT DEFEAT
Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav022008.shtml

OPPOSITION THREATENS MASS HUNGER STRIKE
Nina Akhmeteli
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021908a.shtml

ARMENIA'S PRESIDENTIAL VOTE REMAINS A CLIFFHANGER
Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021908.shtml

ON ELECTION DAY, TURKEY OUTWEIGHS POLITICS IN BORDER VILLAGE
Yigal Schleifer
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021908b.shtml

IN ARMENIAN POLITICS, CANDIDATES' WIVES STAY BEHIND THE SCENES
Marianna Grigoryan
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021508.shtml

GEORGIA: AS PROTESTS START IN TBILISI, MURDOCH EYES OPPOSITION TV
CHANNEL
Giorgi Lomsadze
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021508b.shtml

CYPRUS VOTE: BIG RAMIFICATIONS FOR TURKEY'S EU BID AND NATO'S
OPERATIONAL CAPACITY
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021508c.shtml

GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN: PARTNERS IN PIPELINES, ANTAGONISTS IN ENERGY
EXPORT TALKS
Nino Patsuria
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021408a.shtml

WHAT FUTURE FOR THE OSCE?
Jean-Christophe Peuch
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav021408b.shtml


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