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TBILISI (AFP) — Georgia and the United States will on January 4 sign a strategic partnership treaty, the Georgian foreign ministry said on Thursday, in a move that risks again provoking Russian wrath against Tbilisi.

Ukraine plans conversion of Russian base…Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has commissioned a panel to plan for civilian uses for the naval base at Sevastopol when the Russian lease ends in 2017.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk…
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed outrage at reports that Ukraine supplied arms and technicians to Georgia before the recent war.
After talks near Moscow with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko, he said that if such reports were confirmed, they constituted a “crime”.
Ms Tymoshenko said she was confident the reports would prove unfounded.
The two premiers [...]

http://www.independent.co.uk…
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London Independent
Nato needs to stop expanding, according to a leading British strategic think tank. The International Institute for Strategic Studies challenged the Nato secretary-general today by warning against embracing Georgia and Ukraine in the light of last month’s Caucasus war.

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AFP
Published: Wednesday September 17, 2008
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday said she would not resign as required following the collapse of the country’s ruling pro-Western coalition.
Asked at a press conference whether she would resign as specified in a coalition pact, Tymoshenko said: “The coalition has not collapsed… We are not a flock of sheep [...]

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By Philip P. Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, September 17, 2008; A14
MOSCOW, Sept. 16 — The pro-Western government in Ukraine that took power in the Orange Revolution in 2004 fell apart again Tuesday, setting the stage for the former Soviet republic’s third parliamentary election in as many years, with the nation’s policies toward NATO and Russia [...]