Friday, November 10 06 (2)

Warm democratic wishes from the Russian government to the friendly people of Nepal. UNIFIL pushes forward as Lebanese army extends control of southern Lebanon and Israeli military moves toward border. Under-Secretary-General Guehenno reported today that U.N. Peacekeeping Operations posted 81,000 military + police, and 15,000 civilians invovled in 18 missions, under a budget expanding to $7 billion. In this RFE article, South Caucasus expert Laurence Broers explains why dynamically shifting military conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Transdniester don't deserve their common nickname - 'frozen conflicts' of the Caucasus. Remains of 100 new victims of 1995 Srebernica massacre by Bosnian Serb forces are located in eastern Bosnia.