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. | There were 21 secondary and 15 incomplete secondary schools, as well as 15 primary and 7 kindergartens in the region with 33 800 population. 1280 teachers were working in the schools. There were 111 cultural-educational centers, including 60 libraries, 10 cultural houses, 28 clubs and 6 auto-clubs. |
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. | Turkey’s foreign minister Ali Babacan met Sunday his Georgian counterpart Eka Tkeshelashvili in the Turkish city of Istanbul. The two are expected to discuss the latest developments in Georgia, regional issues and the bilateral ties between Turkey and Georgia. |
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. | Caucasian Muslims Office Shura (Council) of Gazi has issued Fatwa on occasion of starting Holy Ramadan month. According to the fatwa August 31 is the Night of Measure and September 1 is the first day of Ramadan. Lailat-al-Qadr (Night of Decree) and Ehya (Night of Vigilant) are on September 18, 20, 22, 26. |
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. | Olmert will seek to convince the Palestinian leader to accept an agreement of principles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that will represent a framework for a two-state solution.
As far as Olmert is concerned, the talks with Abbas have entered the “final straight” and there are about two weeks left to reach an agreement before the prime minister steps down. |
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. | Major military clashes have ended in Georgia, but for villagers living in or near the country’s breakaway territories, a new kind of nightmare is just beginning.
The United Nations refugee agency on August 29 said thousands of people living near the administrative border dividing Georgia and its breakaway region |
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. | Hurricane Gustav, a highly dangerous Category 4 storm, is lashing Cuba with torrential rain after leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean.
The eye of the storm has hit Cuba’s Isle of Youth and is approaching the mainland, with maximum winds of nearly 230km/h (145mph), US monitors say. |
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. | Today we are celebrating the 86th Anniversary of our great victory at Dumlupinar, which was the final battle of the Turkish War of Independence.
The Battle of Dumlupinar began on August 26 1922 and ended with a decisive Turkish victory under Mustafa Kemal’s leadership on August 30. This date |
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. | John McCain, the US Republican presidential candidate, has introduced Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his running-mate to take on Barack Obama in November’s poll.
Palin, a mother of five, is the first woman to lead Alaska and is best known for pushing for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. |
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. | Russia closes its embassy in Georgia. Official Moscow has decided to take this step after Georgian government’s decision to break off diplomatic relations with Russia, source in Russian Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti, APA reports. Russian Foreign Ministry officials have not confirmed the report yet |
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. | Three people were killed and 27 people were wounded in two explosions at a gunpowder factory in the central Turkish province of Kirikkale, which triggered a fire on Friday, Turkish TV channels reported.
Three people were killed and 27 were wounded in the blasts that occurred at 1150 GMT in the gunpowder factory, according to gendarmerie sources |
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. | “The Mahdi Army suspension will be valid indefinitely and anyone who does not follow this order will not be considered a member of this group,” a statement issued by Sadr said.
His followers are supposed to |
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. | According to the reports by sources in Iran the quarrel in Iran – Azerbaijan match burst out after Azeri fans raised Azerbaijani flag and cried “Azerbaijan”, “Tebriz”, “Baku” and other slogans. The Persian spectators demanded the police officers to take measures against the Azeri fans.
After the match the Persians attacked the local Azeris outside the stadium. Instead of stopping the brawl between the sides, police officers supported the Persians. The attackers took Azerbaijani flag and various posters from Azeri fans. |
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. | This week, Maliki reiterated that he had agreed with the United States that all 145,000 American troops would withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2010. The negotiations are for a Status of Forces Agreement to govern relations between American troops and the Iraqis after the United Nations mandate expires this December. |
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. | Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand’s capital have defied a court order to end their siege of the prime minister’s office compound, saying they had a right to be there until government leaders step down.
The act of defiance came as a deadline by Samak Sundaravej, the Thai prime minister, for the demonstrators to clear the official grounds expired on Thursday. |
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. | General Ilker Basbug officially replaced General Yasar Buyukanit, who held the top post of the Turkish army, NATO’s second biggest, on Thursday. Both generals warned on threats to secularism and stressed the importance of fight against terrorism.
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