By empty (3/22/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

South Ossetia is planning to demand through the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation to be recognized as part of Russia on the basis of historic documents, the president of Georgia’s breakaway republic Eduard Kokoity said on Wednesday. “There is a document on the entry of Ossetia into the Russian Empire in 1774, and there is no document on the withdrawal of the southern part of Ossetia from Russia,” Kokoity said. Meanwhile, an official at the chancellery of the supreme body for Constitutional justice in Moscow told Itar-Tass that the Constitutional Court may consider, in principle, South Ossetia\'s membership bid.

By empty (3/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Kyrgyzstan has a big stake in launching the construction of a railway link to China. \"But before the construction is launched, a decision must be made in principle, a feasibility study drawn up and funding provided,\" Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov told the Cabinet on Monday. \"A group of investors are prepared to put money into the project if Kyrgyzstan and China come to terms on when the construction will begin,\" the prime minister said.

By empty (3/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Suspected Taleban militants have ambushed and killed an influential pro-government figure in Afghanistan. The former governor of Ghazni province, Mullah Taj Mohammad, also known as Qari Baba, was shot dead near his home in Batta, in the Andar district. Three others in a car with him were also killed.