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Moscow

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17.1 million square km (1 km = 0.62 miles), spanning half of the northern hemisphere, from the Baltic to the Pacific. Bounded to the west by Norway, Finland, Estonia and Latvia, in the southwest by Belarus and Ukraine, and in the south by the Transcaucasian states of Georgia and Azerbaijan , and by Kazakhstan.

Language
Russian, many local languages.

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07 Aug 2009
MEDIAWATCH: Press reaction to war anniversary

It is now one year since Georgia and Russia went to war over the Georgian rebel region of South Ossetia. The war lasted for five days but the propaganda battle has rumbled on. Western media ...


06 Aug 2009
One year on: Georgia-Russia war
Late on Aug. 7, 2008 the Georgian army attacked rebel areas in its South Ossetia region ...

thumb for PHOTOS: World on high alert over swine flu 01 May 2009 12:02:00 GMT
PHOTOS: World on high alert over swine flu


thumb for MAP: Global projected land use changes, 1700-2050 24 Feb 2009 12:09:00 GMT
MAP: Global projected land use changes, 1700-2050

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thumb for MAP:GLOBAL projected changes in agricultural productivity 2080 due to climate change, incorporating the effects of carbon fertilization 24 Feb 2009 11:37:00 GMT
MAP:GLOBAL projected changes in agricultural productivity 2080 due to climate change, incorporating the effects of carbon fertilization
Projected losses in food production due to climate change by 2080. Based on a consensus estimate of 6 climate models and two crop modelling methods, Cline (2007) concluded that by 2080, assuming a 4.4 ...

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NGO latest

•  Complaints boxes help Georgia’s displaced voice concerns
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia

•  Social centres to give Georgia’s displaced sense of community
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia

•  INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS SELECTED AS RECIPIENT OF HENRY SCHEIN CARES DONATIONS
IMC - USA

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Jobs

•  Public Health Promoter – Humanitarian Support Professional (HSP) (Oxfam GB)
Oxfam GB - UK

•  Consultant
International Rescue Committee

•  Consultants - RFA Teamleaders & Writers
International Rescue Committee

•  Development Jobs
World Vision - UK

•  A REHABILITATION TECHNICAL ADVISOR
HI - France

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MAP-Caucasus republics in turmoil


Background


MAP-Caucasus republics in turmoil



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