By empty (7/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A battle is likely underway in the upper part of the Kodori Gorge in Georgia, a source from the headquarters of the joint peacekeeping forces in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict area told Interfax from Sukhumi on Tuesday. \"The personnel of the 107th observation outpost of the joint peacekeeping forces recorded an intensive exchange of fire to the east of its location,\" the source said. \"The skirmish is heard about four kilometers away from the outpost,\" he said.

By empty (7/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

It is necessary to sign a non-aggression memorandum between Georgia and South Ossetia, said Eduard Kokoity, president of the unrecognised republic of South Ossetia, at his meeting on Tuesday with a group of ambassador-leaders of delegations of countries to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. “The achievement of these goals can bring the process of settlement of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict to a new qualitative level,” Kokoity said. “There are two moments, the fulfilment of which can be assessed as a proof of peaceful intentions of Georgian authorities: the first is the fulfilment of the proposal of the OSCE and the signing of a memorandum on non-aggression and non-use of force between Georgia and South Ossetia, the second is preparation and conduction of a four-party meeting of top political leaders of Russia, Georgia, North and South Ossetia,” he said.

By empty (7/24/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Indian yarn maker Spentex Industries Ltd. has bought Uzbekistan\'s state-run Toshkent-To\'ytepa Tekstil LLC for $81 million to boost its overseas production capacity, the company said on Monday. The company will be a wholly-owned subsidiary and will be known as Spentex Tashkent Toytepa LLC.