| Syunik Province Syunik (, also transliterated as Siunik, Siwnik, or Syunig) is the southernmost province (marz) of Armenia. It borders the Vayots Dzor marz to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave to the west, Karabakh to the east, and Iran to the south. Its capital is Kapan. Syunik_Province
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| Eduard Kokoity Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoity (, , ; surname also rendered as Kokoyty or Kokoiti or in a Russified version as Kokoyev) is the current President of South Ossetia, recognised only by Russia and Nicaragua, but which is claimed with wider recognition by Georgia. Eduard_Kokoity
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| Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Rashid (b. 1948 in Rawalpindi) is a Pakistani journalist and best-selling author. Rashid attended Malvern College, England, Government College Lahore, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He serves as the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph. He also writes for the Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and academic journals. He appears regularly on international TV and radio networks such as CNN and BBC World. Ahmed_Rashid
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| Lezgins The Lezgins (other spellings Lezgin, Lezgi, Lezgis, Lezgs, and Lezgians) (Lezgian:лезгияр, , Russian:лезгины) are an ethnic group, living predominantly in southern Dagestan and north-eastern Azerbaijan, who speak the Lezgian language.In the 19th century, the term was used more broadly for all ethnic groups speaking Northeast Caucasian languages, including Avars, Laks, and many others. Lezgins
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| David Gareja monastery complex David Gareja (; ) is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert slopes of Mount Gareja, some 60-70 km southeast of Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The complex includes hundreds of cells, churches, chapels, refectories and living quarters hollowed out of the rock face.Part of the complex is also located in the Agstafa rayon of Azerbaijan and thus has become subject to a border dispute between Georgian and Azerbaijani authorities. David_Gareja_monastery_complex
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| Tbilisi Talk:Tbilisi
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| Human rights in Turkmenistan Human rights in Turkmenistan refers to the rights of the citizens of Turkmenistan. The human rights of Turkmenistan has been heavily criticized by various countries and scholars worldwide. Standards in education and health declined markedly during the rule of President Saparmurat Niyazov. Human_rights_in_Turkmenistan
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| Azerbaijani people The Azerbaijanis are an ethnic group mainly living in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Commonly referred to as Azeris/Āzarīs (آذری - Azəri) or Azeri Turks (), they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to the Iranian plateau. The Azeris are predominantly Shia Muslim and have a mixed heritage of Iranic, Caucasian, and Turkic elements.Despite living on two sides of an international border since the treaties of Gulistan (1813) and Turkmenchay (1828), after which Iran lost its then northern territories to Russia, the Azeris form a single ethnic group. Azerbaijani_people
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| Tablighi Jamaat Tablighi Jamaat (, , "Conveying Group") is an apolitical religious movement whose principal aim is spiritual reformation of Muslims. The movement follows the Deobandi interpretation in Hanafi jurisprudence of Islam. However, the scope of their activities is not limited to the Deobandi community.Maulana Ilyas, in 1926, founded Tablighi Jamaat as a voluntary, pacifist and independent movement. Tablighi_Jamaat
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| Gennady Kolbin Gennady Kolbin (Russian:Геннадий Колбин; 1927-1998) was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakh SSR from December 16, 1986 to June 22, 1989. Kolbin had not worked in the Kazakh SSR prior to his appointment. Gennady_Kolbin
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| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev or Qasymzhomart Kemelevich Toqaev (; ; born on 17 May 1953) has served as the Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan since Senators unanimously elected him on 11 January 2007. He served as the Foreign Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan from June 2003 to 8 January 2007. Yerzhan N. Ashykbayev served as the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry until Ilyas Omarov replaced him in December 2006. Kassym-Jomart_Tokayev
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| Otpor! Otpor! (, in English:Resistance!) was a youth movement in Serbia which has been widely credited for leading the eventually successful struggle to overthrow Slobodan Milošević in 2000. Otpor!
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| Kmara Kmara () is a civic resistance movement in the republic of Georgia which undermined the government of Eduard Shevardnadze. After international observers condemned his government's conduct of the November 2003 parliamentary elections, Kmara led the protests which precipitated his downfall in what became known as the Rose Revolution. Kmara
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| Tedo Japaridze Tedo Japaridze () (born September 18, 1946) is a Georgian politician and diplomat.Japaridze was born in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia (then the Georgian SSR, Soviet Union). He graduated from the Department of Western European Languages and Literature at Tbilisi State University in 1971 and worked there until 1974. Tedo_Japaridze
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| Talysh people Talysh (also Talishi, Taleshi or Talyshi) are an Iranian people who speak the Talysh language, one of the Northwestern Iranian languages. It is spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Northern Talysh (the part in the Republic of Azerbaijan) was historically known as Talish-i Gushtasbi. Talysh_people
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| Craig Murray Craig Murray (born 17 October 1958) is a British political activist, former ambassador to Uzbekistan and current Rector of the University of Dundee.While at the embassy in Tashkent, he accused the Karimov administration of human rights abuses, a step which, he argued, was against the wishes of the British government and the reason for his removal. Craig_Murray
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| Borjomi Borjomi () is a resort town in south-central Georgia with a population estimated of 14,445. It is one of the districts of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region and is situated in the northwestern part of the region in the picturesque Borjomi Gorge on the eastern edge of the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park. Borjomi
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| Mikoyan MiG-29 Talk:Mikoyan_MiG-29
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| Adnan Oktar Adnan Oktar (born Ankara, February 2, 1956), also known by his pen name Harun Yahya, is a prominent advocate of Islamic creationism in the creation-evolution debate, and in particular he supports Old Earth creationism. He is against Zionism and Freemasonry and sees them as very interrelated movements, though he denounces anti-Semitism and terrorism, which he says is a product of Darwinism, not religious fanaticism. Adnan_Oktar
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| Islam in Turkmenistan Traditionally, the Turkmen of Turkmenistan, like their kin in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, are Sunni Muslims. Shia Muslims, the other main branch of Islam, are not numerous in Turkmenistan, and the Shia religious practices of the Azerbaijani and Kurdish minorities are not politicized. Islam_in_Turkmenistan
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