Georgia

Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani international day - Georgia Tbilisi 24 July 2010

August 17th, 2010

Part of the global initiative Sakineh Mohamadi Ashtiani international day, a woman who risks death by stoning for adultery in Iran. Georgian citizens protest in front of Iranian embassy in Tbilisi,…

Clinton criticizes Russia for occupying Georgia (AP)

July 5th, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Sunday, July 4, 2010, during her brief visit to the ex-Soviet nation. Clinton on Sunday appealed to Armenia and Azerbaijan for a peaceful resolution of a long-running territorial dispute between the neighboring ex-Soviet states, but there were no outward signs of fresh diplomatic progress. (AP Photo/PanARMENIAN Photo)Hakobyan)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Russia on Monday for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement it signed nearly two years ago to end…

Clinton: US supports democratic forces in Georgia (AP)

July 5th, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Sunday, July 4, 2010, during her brief visit to the ex-Soviet nation. Clinton on Sunday appealed to Armenia and Azerbaijan for a peaceful resolution of a long-running territorial dispute between the neighboring ex-Soviet states, but there were no outward signs of fresh diplomatic progress. (AP Photo/PanARMENIAN Photo)Hakobyan)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday pledged U.S. support for Georgia, a former Soviet state recovering from an August 2008 Russian military invasion and seeking…

Georgia confirms highly enriched uranium seizure (AP)

April 21st, 2010

Iranian technicians remove a container of radioactive uranium from the Isfahan nuclear facility in 2005. UN Security Council member Turkey insisted that diplomacy is the best way to resolve Iran's nuclear crisis and offered to help break a deadlock over an atomic fuel deal for Tehran.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AP - The president of Georgia confirmed Wednesday that his country seized a shipment of highly enriched uranium, and blamed Russia for creating the instability that allows nuclear smugglers to…