Rwanda has finally been admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday evening (November 29 2009) confirmed Rwanda’s entry into the 53-nation group mainly composed of former British colonies.

“We haven’t received all the details, but it is confirmed that the Heads of State summit admitted Rwanda into the Commonwealth,” Rwanda’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Claver Gatete, told The Sunday Times from Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

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A presidential election has begun in Abkhazia, the first poll in the breakaway Georgian region since Russia recognised its independence last year.

All five candidates support strong ties with Moscow, including the incumbent Sergei Bagapsh. Russia now provides security and 60% of Abkhazia’s budget.

Most of the region’s ethnic Georgians, who constitute almost one third of the population, are not eligible to vote.

Georgia, which disputes Abkhazia’s independence, says the poll is illegal.

Correspondents say the challenge for the winner will be to persuade Western countries to recognise Abkhaz independence without isolating Georgia.

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At 62 years by independence of India, is born its 29th State. Telangana and it is formed by division of biggest Andrha-Pradesh. Prime indian minister P. Chidambaram has annunced it. The costitution effective of Telangana, among other things ‘will steal’ capital Hyderabad to Andrha-Pradesh, will require years, because……….

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Georgia urged fellow former Soviet republic Belarus today not to follow Russia in recognizing the breakaway Regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as Independent States.

Belarus dispatched parliamentarians to Georgia and its rebel territories this week to consider the issue, with Minsk torn between loyalty to traditional ally Russia and a bid to improve relations with the European Union, which supports Georgia.

Russia recognized the breakaway Regions in August 2008 after crushing an assault by U.S.-ally Georgia on South Ossetia in a five-day war. Only Nicaragua and Venezuela have followed suit.

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The opposition Nationalist Party of Peru submitted to the Peruvian Congress a request to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia; the party is convinced the Congress will have no reason to refuse the recognition of the two Transcaucasian republics, the party leader Ollanta Humala said Wednesday.

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