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Nick Xenophon urges floor price on cigarettes to outsmart tobacco giant
Geoff Shaws high noon: the Victorian MPs mercurial ride may be up
Karachi airport: Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for attack
From the archive, 9 June 1924: Editorial: A mountain war memorial
Woman found dead near Byron Bay
Motorised esky rider has run in with police, but he's not the first
Complaints about school chaplaincy program on the decline, figures show
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Belarus: 20 years under dictatorship and a revolution behind the rest of Europe
Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Ukraine
Born after the USSR: meet the children of the revolution
Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Georgia
From Lagos to Tehran: welcome to the Guardians world networks
Post-soviet world: what you need to know about Tajikistan
Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Kazakhstan
Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Uzbekistan
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Nick Xenophon urges floor price on cigarettes to outsmart tobacco giant

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 01:15 AM PDT

Independent senator calls for minimum price of $20 for 25-pack of cigarettes as British American Tobacco launches pack for $13

Geoff Shaws high noon: the Victorian MPs mercurial ride may be up

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 12:03 AM PDT

The member for Frankston could become the first MP in 113 years to be expelled from the Victorian parliament

Karachi airport: Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for attack

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 12:01 AM PDT

Pakistani Taliban claims attack after gunmen armed with grenades and rocket-launchers battle security forces at at Jinnah international airport

From the archive, 9 June 1924: Editorial: A mountain war memorial

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT

A memorial on the top of Great Gable is dedicated to members of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club who were killed during the first world war

Woman found dead near Byron Bay

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 10:46 PM PDT

Police say the unidentified body was discovered in the dunes at Tallow beach, south of the popular tourist haven

Motorised esky rider has run in with police, but he's not the first

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 10:17 PM PDT

Man riding esky down the middle of street in Hillarys, near Perth, has been charged with driving under the influence

Complaints about school chaplaincy program on the decline, figures show

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 10:15 PM PDT

Education Department released the information after removing the option for schools to appoint a secular student welfare officer

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Belarus: 20 years under dictatorship and a revolution behind the rest of Europe

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

The crisis in neighbouring Ukraine has rattled Alexander Lukashenko's authoritarian regime. But with the opposition in retreat and the media silenced, can Belarus escape his grip?

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Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Ukraine

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

For some, the protests that erupted in November 2013 came as a surprise. For many others, it was only ever a matter of time

Born after the USSR: meet the children of the revolution

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

To find out how the 15 post-Soviet states diverged after 1991, we spoke to young people from each country who were born in the year the USSR collapsed. We found some thriving while others struggle. Some excited by the opportunities of the future; others nostalgic for the certainties of the past. A few did not want to show their faces for fear of repercussions. Click on the images to read their stories:

Welcome to the New East network

Belarus a revolution behind the rest of Europe

Quiz: how much do you know about the post-Soviet states?

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Georgia

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Georgia has had a turbulent post-Soviet experience, beset by separatist conflicts in two territories, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and riven by a civil war that left the capital in ruins.

From Lagos to Tehran: welcome to the Guardians world networks

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Follow us and our partners for in-depth coverage on some of the world's most under-reported regions, and help expand the conversation by joining the debate.

Post-soviet world: what you need to know about Tajikistan

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

The tenuous nature of the country's economy means President Emomali Rahmon's hold on power is far from secure, even though he faces no significant political opposition.

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Kazakhstan

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Nursultan Nazarbayev has led Kazakhstan as president since independence in 1991, extending his tenure through constitutional revisions and flawed elections

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Uzbekistan

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Uzbekistan is central Asias most populous state and strives to assert itself as a regional power, generating friction with its neighbours, especially Tajikistan.

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Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Estonia

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Estonia is the smallest, least corrupt and most prosperous of all the former Soviet republics.

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Russia

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Boris Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned in 1999, elevating Vladimir Putin to the presidency. He moved quickly to consolidate his authority over Russia's economy and politics

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Belarus

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Ruled by Alexander Lukashenko for the past 20 years, Belarus is widely regarded as Europes last dictatorship.

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Lithuania

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

The drive for independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s played a pivotal role in the demise of the Soviet Union.

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Kyrgyzstan

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

High unemployment and widespread poverty mean Kyrgyzstan is a major source of migrant labourers. Many find work in Russia.

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Moldova

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

In late 2013, Moldovan authorities entered an agreement with the EU, placing the country on a path towards full membership. Russia is opposed to the country's EU aspirations

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Azerbaijan

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Oil and natural gas exports have helped make Azerbaijan the most prosperous state in the Caucasus region but it is also the most corrupt, according to Transparency International.

Post-Soviet world: what you need to know about Latvia

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

After the collapse of the USSR, Latvia underwent a dramatic transformation by rapidly turning west, joining the EU and Nato in 2004 and the eurozone in 2014.