News Digest
33 LAW ENFORCERS, 12 CIVILIANS DIED IN NALCHIK - MINISTER
By empty (10/16/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A total of 33 law enforcers died in Nalchik during the effort to rid the city of the militants that raided it, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said on a Sunday night news show. \"Our colleagues demonstrated high professional skills and courage and we bow our heads to them,\" he said. He added that 12 civilians died at the hands of terrorists in Nalchik.BAKU TO SUBMIT LIST OF PRIORITY COOPERATION PROJECTS TO BRUSSELS
By empty (10/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Baku is to submit an action plan under the New Neighborhood policies to the European Union soon, Ashraf Shikhaliyev, head of the Azeri Foreign Ministry\'s Economic Relations and Development Department, has announced. We\'ll send an action plan under the New Neighborhood program, listing our priorities in cooperation with the European Union, to Brussels within ten days, Shikhaliyev told an international conference on Azerbaijan\'s economic development in Baku on Saturday. Shikhaliyev also said that Azerbaijan will urge its European partners to back a project to build a Baku-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway estimated at $400 million.U.S. INTERESTED IN CLOSER COOPERATION WITH KAZAKHSTAN – KISSINGER
By empty (10/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The U.S. leadership is interested in intensifying cooperation and interaction with Kazakhstan, said former U.TANKER BLAST AT US KANDAHAR BASE
By empty (10/14/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An explosion outside a US-led coalition air base in southern Afghanistan has destroyed eight fuel tankers, military and government officials say. The blast in Kandahar, which injured two people, was caused by a suspected bomb, an Afghan military official said. One soldier said a fireball engulfed the tankers.Visit also
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