Sohum/Agency Caucasus - Three groups of the Abkhazian youth began public marches from some borderlands of the country towards the capital city of Sukhum 15 years after the Georgian occupation started a war there in 1992.
The final destination for young Abkhazian marchers is set to be the Red Bridge region where a monument will later be erected in honour of the Sukhum war victims. As one group is coming from the eastern side of the country, the other group is coming from the western side. A third group began marching from the Damhurts naval passage. All three groups will have the chance tonight to listen to stories from war veterans as well. On Tuesday morning, the young Abkhazian marchers will organize a commemorative event in the Red ... >>full artcle...
Abkhazian flag in bed of Arctic Moscow / Agency Caucasus - Russian explorers erected the flag of Abkhazia 4300 meters deep on the bed of the Arctic while they were exploring the North Pole. This event is expected to arouse feelings of anger among the Georgian people.
This voyage of exploration was intended to prove that the Lomonosov Ridge of 1,2 million kilometres length was actually an extension to Siberia’s continental shelf. The chain of mountains is believed to have up to 10 million barrels of oil.
Veteran Arctic explorer Artur Chilingarov said the explorers landed the flag of Abkhazia as well when they reached at the seabed.
“Dmitri Purim was an Abkhazian member of the crew of explorers. He planted the flag,” Chiligarov told reporters on Wednesday on his ... >>full artcle...
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/9/2007 4:30 PM Aug 9 2007 6:35PM Two Russians killed by blast at picnic in Gagry
SUKHUMI. Aug 9 (Interfax) - Two women were killed by a powerful explosion on the outskirts of the seaside resort of Gagry in Abkhazia, head of the Gagry district administration Astamur Ketsaba announced Thursday.
"A group of Russian vacationers [6 women and 4 children] were having a picnic not far from a camping area. They used a rusty cylinder- shaped metal pipe they had found in the sand as a barbecue pit. The pipe heated up and exploded," he said.
Abkhaz language materials get prepared for Abkhazians in Diaspora
Sukhum / Agency Caucasus- The State Foundation for the Development of Abkhaz Language arranged a new set of audio-lingual materials exclusively for the Abkhaz people in Diaspora to learn their mother tongue on their own.
Arrangement of the materials for teaching the Abkhaz language emerged as a project of Maya Amichba, who received professional help from Aldon Ajiba, Adgur Shinkuba and Diana Shamba in his work.
The philologist Elis Argun translated into Turkish a set of audio material dubbed by Diana Shamba and Oktay Chkotua.
An introductory meeting at the Foundation placed focus on problems that can possibly block efforts to save the Abkhaz language both inside and outside Abkhazia.
An initial set of 300 Abkhaz language materials was prepared, ... >>full artcle...
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/2/2007 10:09 PM 02-Aug-07 Georgia Angered by UN Abkhaz Report
A report critical of “provocative” Georgian camp upsets Tbilisi - but is welcomed in Abkhazia.
By Mikhail Vignansky in Tbilisi and Inal Khasig in Sukhum (CRS No. 404 02-Aug-07) At six in the morning, a bus is already speeding north along the dusty road from the southern Georgian town of Akhaltsikhe. Its oldest passenger is 22 years old. Young people from the town are travelling to the “patriotic and sports camp” in the western Georgian village of Ganmukhuri.
The only thing they know about this village is that it is situated a kilometre from the breakaway territory of Abkhazia, which is outside the jurisdiction of Georgia.
Along the way, other buses full of young people are heading in the direction of Ganmukhuri from almost all parts ... >>full artcle...
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