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...Caucasus, headed mainly into cities of western Georgia. In Sukhumi the Abkhazian insurgents are accused of having carried out mass ''ethnic cleansing,'' looting and plundering the former homes of Georgians, Russians and people of other nationalities. In a belated move to support Georgia, which reluctantly joined the Russia- dominated Commonwealth of Independent States only two weeks ago, Moscow has cut off energy and fuel supplies to Abkhazia and has sealed the border with the rebel-held region. Still, Georgian officials fear that their country faces complete collapse unless the Kremlin sends Russian troops to help recapture the Black Sea region...
...opposition Progressive Federal Party, called the decree ''the most severe clampdown on civil liberty and the most far-reaching denial of freedom of speech and assembly and the press in the history of South Africa.'' The government brought down this boot on the very day that a group of Commonwealth statesmen were holding a press conference in London to release a / report that denounces the South African government for blocking negotiations with the country's black leaders, especially the jailed Nelson Mandela. The so-called Eminent Persons Group that drew up the report warned that unless the Commonwealth nations take...
...security scare caused by Pak's forgery highlighted a significant vulnerability to student and faculty members' Crimson Cash accounts, which are directly linked to HUID numbers and are considered financial account numbers by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
...newest announcement won praise from Commonwealth officials who had worked with Harvard on the Allston deal...
While some media reports indicate that he might like his wife, Victoria, to succeed him, others say that an open Senate seat—which the Commonwealth has not seen since the election of John F. Kerry in 1984—could prompt campaigns by several of the state’s most prominent politicians...