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15 August: Six people were killed in Daghestan over the weekend in attacks by Islamist insurgents targeting persons with connections with the security services (agencies)
15 August: Six people were killed in Daghestan over the weekend in attacks by Islamist insurgents targeting persons with connections with the security services (agencies)
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15 August: Six people were killed in Daghestan over the weekend in attacks by Islamist insurgents targeting persons with connections with the security services (agencies)

15 August 2011
Four were found with shots in the head, in execution style murders, in an area bordering Chechnya.
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15 August: Turkish officials are trying to clarify Iranian reports that they have captured the second in command of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) Murat Karayilan (Todays Zaman)
15 August: Turkish officials are trying to clarify Iranian reports that they have captured the second in command of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) Murat Karayilan (Todays Zaman)
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15 August: Turkish officials are trying to clarify Iranian reports that they have captured the second in command of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) Murat Karayilan (Todays Zaman)

15 August 2011
Karayilan is considered to be second only to imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan in the PKK leadership
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Ramadan in the Caucasus
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Ramadan in the Caucasus

15 August 2011
During the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan Muslims in the Caucasus fast and reflect on their faith and on their society. Islam is playing an increasingly important part in the life of millions of Muslims in the Caucasus.
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12 August: Iranian gas flow to Turkey has been halted due to an explosion on the pipeline in Turkey overnight and repairs have been started which will take one week (agencies)
12 August: Iranian gas flow to Turkey has been halted due to an explosion on the pipeline in Turkey overnight and repairs have been started which will take one week (agencies)
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12 August: Iranian gas flow to Turkey has been halted due to an explosion on the pipeline in Turkey overnight and repairs have been started which will take one week (agencies)

12 August 2011
An official of the Turkish Energy Ministry told Reuters that Turkey was buying additional gas from Azerbaijan and Russia to cover the shortfall caused by the explosion, which according to state-run Anatolian news agency occurred in the eastern Turkish province of Ağrı.
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12 August: An informal summit of the Collectiove Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will open in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, later today. A meeting between the President of Russia and the President of Armenia on the margins of the summit is likely
12 August: An informal summit of the Collectiove Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will open in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, later today. A meeting between the President of Russia and the President of Armenia on the margins of the summit is likely
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12 August: An informal summit of the Collectiove Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will open in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, later today. A meeting between the President of Russia and the President of Armenia on the margins of the summit is likely

12 August 2011
The CSTO member states' security and stability, as well as global and regional threats and other key international issues are said to be on the agenda of the two-day discussion.
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The Defence Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed "pressing issues related to bilateral military relations between the two countries". According to the spokesperson of the news service for the Russian Defence Minister Irina Kovalchuk
The Defence Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed "pressing issues related to bilateral military relations between the two countries". According to the spokesperson of the news service for the Russian Defence Minister Irina Kovalchuk
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The Defence Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed "pressing issues related to bilateral military relations between the two countries". According to the spokesperson of the news service for the Russian Defence Minister Irina Kovalchuk

12 August 2011
The Russian and Azerbaijani Defence Ministers Anatoliy Serdyukov and Safar Abiyev discussed prospects of the use of the radar station rented by Russia in the Azerbaijani city of Gabala
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Nagorno-Karabakh MP:
Nagorno-Karabakh MP:
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Nagorno-Karabakh MP:

12 August 2011
Declarations about some "higher priority principles" are a fiction
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NEXT STOP ASTANA
NEXT STOP ASTANA
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NEXT STOP ASTANA

11 August 2011
Russian President Medvedev will meet the Armenian leader Serzh Sargsyan in Astana this weekend. The diplomatic bandwagon rolls on but the Russian leadership is now realising that finding a peaceful solution to the Karabakh conflict is not easy.
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