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  • Shadowy nuclear trail

    03/29/2006 11:28:32 AM PST · by JZelle · 5 replies · 540+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 3-29-06 | Tsotne Bakuria
    In 1995, former Iranian president Ali Hashemi Rafsanjani made a little-noticed trip to the neighboring country of Georgia. He spent several hours in Tbilisi, the capital, and then instead of returning to Iran, he made a secret side trip to the breakaway region of Adjara to visit President Aslan Abashidze. The purpose of the detour was not to visit the balmy, palm-treed tourist sea port resort of Batumi on the Black Sea. His purpose was more sinister. The Iranian president was looking for black market sources of chemicals to enrich uranium for building a nuclear bomb. He found a willing...
  • Unique archaeological discovery in Adjara [ Republic of Georgia, Roman Empire ]

    06/24/2010 6:44:29 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 5 replies
    The Georgian Times on the Web ^ | Monday, June 21, 2010 | Rustavi2 (?)
    Archaeologists have made unique discovery in Adjara. The scientists have found the sepulchres, which date back to the epoch of ancient Rome. The archaeologists found the dishes made of glass and clay, coins made of bronze and silver in the village of Makho. The discovery is unique because this is the eldest sepulchre, where the glass dish was found. Arguably, the dishes date back to the third century AD. According to the preliminary examination, the scientists conclude that it was an imported product, because no glass dish was made in Georgia in that epoch. The discovery confirms the presumptions about...