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		<title>Baku&#8230;drei Monate vor dem ESC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kräne kreisen, Lastwagen knattern, Hammer klopfen und Sägen kreischen. Baku baut und baut. Es ist kalt, nur knapp über Null Grad. Kaukasische Fellmützen und dicke Mäntel haben Saison. Trotz des kalten Wetters ist der Bulevard am Kaspischen Meer gut besucht. Bis vor wenigen Tagen lag hier Schnee, und das Kaspische Meer war gefroren. Das gab [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=876&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Warmer Frost in Tiflis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Schnee und Eis liegen über Georgien, auch hier im Tal zwischen großem und kleinem Kaukasus. In der Hauptstadt Tiflis laufen die Heizungen auf vollen Touren. Man freut sich, dass die Wohnungen warm sind, das war nicht immer so. Die Kälte ist ungewöhnlich für diese Region. Doch das Leben in der Hauptstadt verändert sie kaum. Unter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=869&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sicherheitskonferenz in München, 2. Tag</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[München]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politik]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Da sitzen sie beisammen: die Diktatoren und die Demokraten, die Kleinen und die Großen, die alten und die neuen Mächtigen, alte Hasen und neue Amtsträger. Welch eine beeindruckende Runde! Die Bedrohungen der Welt kommen auf den Tisch. Wer nimmt sie auf, wer lässt sie liegen? Wer findet gemeinsame Ansätze? In München bilden sich neue Linien [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=861&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Security Conference in Munich, Energy Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the threats, what do we have to worry about these days? There are lots of things we do not have to worry about these days. But there are new threats to our comfortable life, threats to our standards of living. At the Munich Conference for Security we were reminded today that energy security [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=845&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weniger Gas für Europa</title>
		<link>http://birgitwetzel.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/weniger-gas-fur-europa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ein Drittel Gas weniger als erwartet kommt zur Zeit in West-Europa an. Wer sitzt da auf den Mengen, die eigentlich nach Westen gehen sollten? Es könnte Russland sein, dass weniger liefert, weil es mehr für die eigenen Leute braucht, oder weil mal wieder irgendein uns noch nicht bekannter Konflikt im Hintergrund schwelt. Es könnte auch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=838&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elections in Kazachstan (2)</title>
		<link>http://birgitwetzel.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/elections-in-kazachstan-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voting place in national colors in Astana The new parliament in Astana, Kazachstan, has members of three different parties. That is a new step, away from the old one party rule of Nur Otan to a multi party system. It is a step in the right directions, the OSCE states, it is a big leap [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=824&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elections in Kazachstan</title>
		<link>http://birgitwetzel.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/elections-in-kazachstan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kazachstan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Early elections were held in Kazachstan January 15, 2012 . The OSCE counted in all 974 international observers in the country to see if things were going according to international standards. After the events in Zhanaozen there were doubts about how the elections would turn out. Better than expected it was quiet everywhere. 75% of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=794&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gas from Azerbaijan &#8211; decision postponed</title>
		<link>http://birgitwetzel.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/gas-from-azerbaijan-decision-postponed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caspian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Südkaukasus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision was to be made in December: Several Pipeline projects and companies are competing for the gas from Shah Deniz 2 in the Caspian Sea. All offers have been turned in December. But the decision that was to be made this month, will be postponed &#8211; until April, Socar &#8211; the state-owned gas and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=758&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elections in Russia</title>
		<link>http://birgitwetzel.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/elections-in-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russland]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://birgitwetzel.wordpress.com/?p=747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Russia voted today. Putin´s party United Russia holds the majority again, as expected, but the majority is much smaller than before. They lost many votes. The reasons are several: Life did not improve these past years, and many people are beginning to be impatient. They have seen a lot of reforms, but not recently.  And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=747&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>South Ossetia &#8211; no entry, no exit</title>
		<link>http://birgitwetzel.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/738/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Birgit Wetzel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[refugees.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elections in South Ossetia , not long ago. Who was voting? And for which offices and what  mandates, in an area, that under international laws is still considered Georgia. Nobody should be surprised, that the majority of people now living there voted for Russian as their official language.  But it shows, who is gaining influence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birgitwetzel.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18520447&amp;post=738&amp;subd=birgitwetzel&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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