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INHABITANTS OF UZBEK EXCLAVE DEMAND REMOVAL OF KYRGYZ BORDER POST
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About 100 inhabitants of the Uzbek exclave of Sokh, located in Kyrgyzstan\'s Batken Oblast, gathered at the Kyrgyz border post on the road from Sokh to Uzbekistan on 11 November and demanded that the post be removed, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported the same day. The protesters were met by the deputy governors of Batken Oblast and Uzbekistan\'s Ferghana Oblast, who explained that the post is legal and persuaded the crowd to disperse. In recent years, Uzbekistan has tried to persuade Kyrgyzstan to cede land for the creation of corridors linking the Uzbek exclaves to Uzbekistan, but the Kyrgyz side has refused.ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT GUNMAN AGAIN EXPLAINS MOTIVES
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In his final court speech on 10-11 November, Nairi Hunanian said he and four accomplices charged with shooting eight senior officials in the Armenian parliament in October 1999 intended only to remove Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsian and his \"brutal\" cabinet, RFE/RL\'s Yerevan bureau reported. Hunanian said that by killing Sargsian, he helped to \"restore constitutional order\" and strengthened the position of President Robert Kocharian and Armenia\'s international reputation. Hunanian said he never intended to force Kocharian\'s resignation.EBRD APPROVES $250 MLN LOAN TO BAKU-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a total loan of $250 million for a multibillion dollar Caspian oil export pipeline. The EBRD\'s loan comes in addition to a $250 million financing package from the World Bank\'s International Finance Corp., which was approved Nov.GEORGIAN OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
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Addressing several thousand supporters congregated outside the parliament building in central Tbilisi on 11 November, Mikhail Saakashvili warned that if Shevardnadze does not make unspecified concessions to the opposition, the people will paralyze the functioning of local and national government and force the president to resign. Several opposition parliament deputies began a hunger strike outside the parliament building late on 10 November, according to the website of the independent television station Rustavi-2, while 10 members of Saakashvili\'s National Movement have begun a hunger strike in the western Georgian town of Zestafoni. (Caucasus Press).Visit also
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