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...desire for action is not confined to the West. In 1983 an antiterrorist squad was flown from Moscow to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, after a local group killed seven people aboard a jetliner. Three of the hijackers were killed in a shoot-out and five others captured. Four of the survivors were sentenced to death...
...scathing report published last year, "Principles, Profit or Just PR?", BankTrack accused many companies of failing to deliver on their lofty principles. The report highlighted the decision by nine Equator Principles banks--including ABN Amro, Italy's Banca Intesa and Citigroup--to fund BP's controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which will run through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to bring Caspian Sea oil to the West. The project, argued BankTrack, violates the Equator Principles in key areas, notably in regard to protection of indigenous peoples. BankTrack suggested the Turkish government might use the new pipeline as an excuse...
...scathing report published last year entitled Principles, Profit or Just PR?, BankTrack accused many firms of failing to deliver on their lofty principles. The report highlighted the decision by nine Equator Principles banks - including ABN Amro, Italy's Banca Intesa and Citigroup - to fund BP's controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which will run through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to bring Caspian Sea oil to the West. The project, argued BankTrack, violates the Equator Principles in key areas, notably in regard to the protection of indigenous peoples. The ngo suggests the Turkish government may use the new pipeline...
...DIED. ZURAB ZHVANIA, 41, influential, reform-minded Prime Minister of Georgia and close ally to President Mikhail Saakashvili; of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently from a space heater in the apartment of an acquaintance, who also died; in Tbilisi. The incident was a shock, but not unheard of in Georgia, where 45 others have died under similar circumstances in the past three years. A key advisor to the president, Zhvania was a leader in the popular 2003 uprising that ousted President Eduard Shevardnadze...
DIED. ZURAB ZHVANIA, 41, influential, reform-minded Prime Minister of Georgia and close ally of President Mikhail Saakashvili; of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently from a space heater in the apartment of a political acquaintance, who also died; in Tbilisi, Georgia. The bizarre event was a shock--but not unheard of in Georgia, where central heating is scarce and 45 others have died from carbon monoxide in the past three years. A key economic adviser to the President, Zhvania was a leader in the 2003 popular uprising that ousted President Eduard Shevardnadze...