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Exhibit 10.1

                              SEPARATION AGREEMENT

         This SEPARATION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of this 25th day
of June, 2006, is by and between LifePoint CSGP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company with its principal place of business at 103 Powell Court,
Suite 200, Brentwood, Tennessee (the "Company"), and Kenneth C. Donahey, a
resident of Brentwood, Tennessee ("Executive").

                                    RECITALS:

         WHEREAS, the Company engaged Executive as its Chief Executive Officer
and President pursuant to that certain Employment Agreement effective June 25,
2001, as amended and restated effective December 31, 2004, and attached hereto
as Exhibit A (the "Employment Agreement"), and Executive currently serves as a
member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and as the Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.; and

         WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have decided that Executive shall
terminate his employment with the Company (and with any of the Company's
subsidiaries and affiliates, including LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.) effective as
of the Separation Date (as defined below), and the Company and the Executive now
desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions of
Executive's separation from the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

                                   AGREEMENT:
         NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants set forth below and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and Executive do hereby agree as
follows:

         1.  Termination of Employment. Executive's employment with the Company
(and with any of its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the Employment Agreement
shall both terminate effective 11:59 p.m., local time, on June 25, 2006 (the
"Separation Date"); provided, however, that the "Confidentiality/Trade Secrets"
provisions of Section 6(a) (Restrictive Covenants) of the Employment Agreement
shall survive such termination and the obligations of Executive thereunder shall
extend for a period of three (3) years following the Separation Date. Executive
further hereby resigns as a member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. and from any other positions, appointments or offices
he may hold with LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., the Company, and any of their
respective subsidiaries and affiliates, all effective as of the Separation Date.

         As of the Separation Date, other than as expressly provided for in this
Agreement, and except for accrued vacation pay which shall be paid to Executive
within ten days following the Separation Date, the Company shall have no further
obligations to Executive under the provisions of the Employment Agreement, and
except as otherwise provided herein, all other agreements and arrangements
between the Company and Executive related to his employment shall be terminated
and be of no further force and effect; provided, however, that nothing in this
Agreement shall affect Executive's rights to indemnification as a former officer
or director under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (or under
the constituent documents of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company), any

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contractual indemnification agreement(s) Executive may have with the Company, or
under applicable law. The terms, conditions, and agreements of the parties
hereunder shall supersede the terms, conditions, and agreements contained and
provided for in the terminated agreements.

         2.  Consideration; Benefits. The Company agrees to pay Executive the
sum of $3,500,000.00, subject to applicable tax withholding, payable in two
equal installments of $1,750,000 each, without interest: (a) the first on
December 27, 2006; and (b) the second on June 26, 2007. The Company further
agrees to provide Executive with insurance coverage (medical, life, and
disability) commensurate with the coverage provided to Executive immediately
prior to the Separation Date for a period of two (2) years following the
Separation Date.

         Other than as set forth in this Agreement, as of the Separation Date,
Executive will no longer be entitled to participate in or receive any other
benefits available to employees of the Company; provided, however, that nothing
in this Agreement shall serve to diminish any benefits Executive has under the
provisions of the Company's 401(k), profit sharing or other similar qualified
plan(s) as of the Separation Date or any rights Executive may have under such
plan(s) thereafter as a former employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates. Executive's rights with respect to stock options and
restricted stock granted to him by the Company shall be governed by the terms of
the respective plans and grant agreements pursuant to which such grants were
made. Executive and the Company acknowledge and agree that pursuant to the terms
of such plans and agreements (as amended or modified to date), any shares of
restricted stock and any stock options that have not vested as of the Separation
Date shall be forfeited and that any vested stock options that have vested as of
the Separation Date may be exercised within a period of thirty-six (36) months
after the Separation Date but shall be forfeited if not exercised within such
thirty-six (36) month period.

         Executive acknowledges and agrees that the consideration and benefits
described in this Agreement constitute all amounts owed, due and/or payable to
Executive, that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates
shall be liable to Executive for any additional consideration or benefits, and
that except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Executive shall be
responsible for any and all taxes and other assessments payable by Executive as
the result of his receipt of the consideration and benefits provided under this
Agreement.

         3.  Taxes. If there is a determination that the payments and other
benefits called for under this Agreement, in combination with any other payments
or benefits to or for the benefit of Executive from the Company or any
predecessor or successor organization, will result in Executive's being subject
to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code and/or if such tax is assessed
against Executive as a result of such payments or other benefits, the Company
shall make a Gross Up Payment (as defined in this Section 3) to or on behalf of
Executive as and when such determination(s) and assessment(s), as appropriate,
are made, provided Executive takes such action as the Company reasonably
requests under the circumstances to mitigate or challenge, or to mitigate and
challenge, such tax and the Company complies with its obligations as described
in this Section 3.

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         A "Gross Up Payment" means a payment to or on behalf of Executive which
shall be sufficient to pay (i) any such excise tax in full, (ii) any federal,
state and local income tax and social security and other employment tax on the
payment made to pay Executive's excise tax as well as any additional excise tax
on such payment and (iii) any interest or penalties assessed by the Internal
Revenue Service on Executive if such interest or penalties are attributable to
the Company's failure to comply with its obligations under this Section 3 or
applicable law. Any determination under this Section 3 by the Company or the
Company's accountants shall be made in accordance with Section 280G of the Code
and any applicable related regulations (whether proposed, temporary or final)
and any related Internal Revenue Service rulings and any related case law and,
if the Company reasonably requests that Executive take action to mitigate or
challenge, or to mitigate and challenge, any such tax or assessment and the
Executive complies with such request, the Company shall provide Executive with
such information and such expert advice and assistance from the Company's
accountants, lawyers and other advisors as he may reasonably request and shall
pay for all expenses incurred in effecting such compliance and any related
fines, penalties, interest and other assessments.

         4.  Indemnification; Insurance. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, Executive in his
capacity as either a director or executive officer of the Company to the fullest
extent permitted by law and by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Company. For three years after the Separation Date, the Company shall, to
the extent commercially practicable, use its best efforts in good faith to
cause to be maintained in effect the current policies of directors' and
officers' liability insurance heretofore maintained by the Company (provided
that the Company may substitute therefor policies with reputable and financially
sound carriers of at least the same coverage and amounts containing the current
terms and conditions which are no less advantageous) covering acts or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Separation Date with respect to Executive in his
capacity as director or executive officer of the Company. Such policies shall
provide Executive with the same amount and coverage as is provided to the
incumbent chief executive officer and/or directors of the Company during the
three-year period following the Separation Date.

         5.  Releases. Executive, for himself, his heirs, successors,
administrators, and assigns, hereby releases and forever extinguishes all claims
that he may have had, may now have or may hereafter have against the Company and
its subsidiaries and affiliates and each of their respective predecessors,
subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, managers, employees, agents,
successors, administrators, and assigns, including but not limited to any claims
or liabilities relating to Executive's employment with the Company and any of
its subsidiaries and affiliates or the termination of his employment
relationship with the Company and any of its subsidiaries and affiliates,
including, without limitation, any and all claims arising under Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
(including the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act), the Civil Rights Acts of
1866 and 1871, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the
Equal Pay Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1975, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the
Tennessee Human Rights Act, and any and all other federal, state or local laws,
statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to employment, as well as any and all
claims under state contract or tort law; provided, that the foregoing release
shall not apply to (i) any actions to enforce rights arising from any
representations, covenants or agreements made by the Company under this
Agreement, and (ii) any claim by Executive for indemnification as a former
officer or director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

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         Executive further agrees that he waives any and all right to recover
any damages or compensation awarded as a result of any claim, charge or lawsuit
brought by any person or local, state or federal governmental agency on any
basis whatsoever related to his former employment, including, but not limited
to, the statutes, ordinances and laws set forth above.

         The Company, for itself, its predecessors, successors, subsidiaries and
affiliates, hereby releases and forever extinguishes all claims that it or they
may have had, may now have, or may hereafter have against Executive, his heirs,
successors, administrators, and assigns, including, but not limited to, any
claims or liabilities relating to Executive's employment with the Company and
any of its subsidiaries and affiliates; provided, that the foregoing release by
the Company shall not apply to any claims or actions to enforce rights arising
from any representations, covenants or agreements made by Executive under this
Agreement.

         6.  Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation; Nondisparagement. In consideration
of the benefits to be received by Executive hereunder, Executive agrees that he
will not, at any time during the one (1) year period following the Separation
Date, without the explicit written consent of the Company (i) directly or
indirectly, whether as an officer, director, owner, investor, employee,
consultant, partner, affiliate or other participant, engage in either (A) the
acute care hospital business (either as an existing or start-up business) within
a non-urban service area located in the continental United States, (B) the
business of developing and/or operating surgery centers or diagnostic/imaging
centers within a twenty (20) mile radius of any location where the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, as of July 1, 2006, (x) owns, leases,
manages or otherwise maintains an operating facility, or (y) engages in any
business, or (C) any business involved primarily in the physician recruitment
business that may, as part of its operation, be engaged in the recruitment of
physicians away from hospitals owned or operated by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates (any of such businesses or activities described in
(A), (B) and (C) being hereinafter called a "Competing Business"), or (ii)
intentionally assist others, in any material way, in engaging in any Competing
Business in the manner described in the foregoing clause (i); provided, however,
(a) Executive may own stock in any publicly held company listed on a national
securities exchange or whose stock is regularly traded in the over the counter
market as long as such holding at no time exceeds five percent (5%) of the total
outstanding stock of such company: (b) Executive may own passive interests in a
fund that invests in a company conducting business in the health care industry
so long as such holding at no time exceeds a direct five percent (5%) of the
interests of the fund or an indirect five percent (5%) of the interests of such
company, in each case of (a) and (b), so long as Executive is not an officer,
director, owner, investor, employee, consultant, partner, affiliate or otherwise
a participant in, or associated with, (other than as a result of ownership in
such publicly held company, fund or portfolio company, as permitted above) such
fund or company: and (c) Executive may be employed by or retained as a
consultant to a company engaged in the acute care hospital business primarily in
urban areas that may also engage to a limited extent in Competing Businesses
operating within a twenty (20) mile radius of any location where the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, as of July 1, 2006, (x) owns, leases,
manages or otherwise maintains an operating facility, or (y) engages in any
business so long as Executive has no involvement with the operation of the
Competing Businesses within such twenty (20) mile radius.

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         In addition, Executive agrees that during the one (1) year period
following the Separation Date, Executive shall not directly or indirectly induce
or encourage any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates to leave the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates or otherwise hire any such employee in any business capacity.

         Executive further agrees, now and in the future: (i) not directly or
indirectly to make or cause or assist to be made any statements or comments that
might reasonably be considered derogatory or defamatory or to harm the
reputation and good name of any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and
affiliates; and (ii) to cooperate in all reasonable respects with regard to any
regulatory and litigation matters relating to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates during the period of his employment with the Company.

         The Company agrees, now and in the future, not directly or indirectly
to make or cause or assist to be made any statements or comments that might
reasonably be considered derogatory or defamatory or to harm the reputation and
good name of Executive. Nothing in this Section 6 shall restrict the Company (or
any officer, director, employee or agent thereof) or Executive from making any
true statements in connection with any legal proceeding or as required by
applicable law.

         7.  Representations of Executive. Executive represents to the Company
that to Executive's knowledge during the course of his employment with the
Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, he complied in all material
respects with the provisions of the Common Ground Compliance Program of
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., he has not engaged in any intentional misconduct,
violations of law, fraud, or breach of fiduciary duty, and he is not aware of
any possible material violations that are not otherwise known by one or more
other senior executive officers of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., by any director,
officer, employee, agent of or consultant to the Company or of any of its
subsidiaries and affiliates of any federal or state laws or regulations,
including those related but not limited to health and welfare benefits,
retirement benefits, compensation and governmental reimbursement programs or the
"fraud and abuse" statutes and regulations. Executive further represents that he
has not reported any such possible violations to any court, attorney,
governmental entity or any other organization empowered to enforce such laws,
rules and regulations.

         The senior officers of Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc. have no actual
knowledge that any of the foregoing representations are inaccurate in any
material respect.

         8.  Revocation; Acknowledgments. Following the date of Executive's
execution of this Agreement, Executive shall have seven (7) days within which to
revoke this Agreement, in which case it shall become null and void. To revoke
this Agreement, Executive must state that intention in writing and deliver the
writing to the Company before the close of regular business on the seventh (7th)
day. Should Executive not exercise his right to revoke this Agreement within
seven (7) days after the date of execution, this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.

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         Executive expressly acknowledges that the Company has advised him that
he may consult with an attorney should he desire legal advice before executing
this Agreement. Executive further acknowledges that he has been given twenty-one
(21) days in which to consider entering into this Agreement. As evidenced by his
signature below, Executive agrees that he has taken such time as he feels is
necessary to read and review this Agreement and seek legal advice, and now
freely, voluntarily and without coercion agrees to and understands the
significance and consequences of its terms. Executive hereby knowingly and
voluntarily waives his right to the full twenty-one (21) day review period.
Executive acknowledges that this is a complete and permanent waiver release and
settlement of certain legal rights.

         9.  Breach. It is understood and agreed that the breach of any of the
covenants herein (including any breaches of Section 6(a) of the Employment
Agreement) by Executive would constitute a material breach of this Agreement by
Executive entitling the Company to obtain injunctive and/or other appropriate
relief in the event of said breach, including but not limited to, an action for
damages or specific performance.

         10. Notices. Any notice required or desired to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, transmitted by
facsimile or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, or delivered
by overnight courier service and shall be deemed to have been given on the date
of its delivery, if delivered, and on the third (3rd) full business day
following the date of mailing, if mailed, to each of the parties thereto at the
following respective addresses as may be specified in any notice delivered or
mailed as above provided:

         (i)  If to the Executive, to

                  Kenneth C. Donahey
                  5101 Country Club Drive
                  Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
                  Facsimile: (615) 376-0751

         (ii) If to the Company, to

                  LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
                  103 Powell Court, Suite 200
                  Brentwood, Tennessee
                  Attention:  William F. Carpenter III
                  Facsimile: (615) 372-8572

         11. Waiver of Breach; Severability. The waiver by either party of any
provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any
subsequent breach by the other party. In the event any portion of this Agreement
is deemed illegal, unenforceable or void by a court of competent jurisdiction,
this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without said portion
unless the absence of such materially alters the rights and obligations of the
parties to this Agreement.

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         12. Assignment. The rights and obligations of the Company under this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors
and assigns of the Company. This Agreement is personal to Executive, and he may
not assign any of his rights or delegate any of his duties or obligations under
this Agreement except that Executive's rights hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of, and be binding upon, his beneficiaries, heirs or personal
representative.

         13. Entire Agreement. This instrument contains the entire agreement of
the parties. It may not be changed orally but only by an agreement in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of any waiver, change,
modification, extension or discharge is sought.

         14. Choice of Law; Arbitration. This Agreement shall be governed and
interpreted under the laws of the State of Tennessee. Except with respect to the
Company's right to obtain injunctive relief or seek specific performance in
connection with Executive's breach of Sections 1 and 5 herein, the parties agree
that any dispute arising out of this Agreement, which they cannot in good faith
resolve, shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the rules
of the American Arbitration Association governing commercial arbitration. Such
arbitration shall be conducted in the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area.
The losing party in any such arbitration proceeding shall pay the costs of
arbitration including the arbitrator's fees, but each party will pay their own
legal fees.

         15. Headings. The sections, subjects and headings in this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.

         16. Guaranty of Obligations. LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. hereby
guarantees the payment obligations of the Company under Section 2 of this
Agreement.

         17. Legal Expenses. The Company shall pay the reasonable legal expenses
of Executive incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and
execution of this Agreement.

         18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which will be considered one and the same agreement and
will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of
the parties and delivered to the other parties.

                            [signature page follows]

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of
the day and year first written.

                                   EXECUTIVE:

                                   ___________________________________________
                                   Kenneth C. Donahey

                                   COMPANY:

                                   LifePoint CSGP, LLC

                                   By:  ______________________________________
                                   Its: ______________________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              Employment AgreementExhibit 10.1

                            DATED as of April 1, 2006

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                            METROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL
                        TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.

                                       AND

                                    DAVID LEE

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DATED AS OF April 1, 2006

PARTIES

(1)  Metromedia  International  Telecommunications  Services,  Inc.,  a Delaware
     corporation,   with  its  principal  office  at  8000  Tower  Point  Drive,
     Charlotte, NC 28227 (the "Company"); and

(2)  David  Lee, a citizen of the United  Kingdom,  residing  at Copper  Beeches
     Field  Road,   Stroud,   England  GL5  2JA,  passport  (1)  740130692  (the
     "Employee").

INTERPRETATION

(1)  In this Agreement,  unless the context  otherwise  requires,  the following
     terms shall have the meanings set out below:

     the Board                  the board of directors of the Company or the
                                board of directors of Metromedia International
                                Group, Inc., as the case may be (including any
                                committee of the Board);

     the Commencement Date      April 1, 2006;

     Confidential Information   shall have the meaning given in Section 7.2;

     Designated Company         shall have the meaning given in Section 1.3;

     Documents                  documents, disks, memory, notebooks, tapes or
                                any other medium, whether or not eye-readable,
                                on which information may from time to time be
                                recorded;

     Group Company              the Company and any company which directly or
                                indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is
                                under common control with the Company, including
                                without limitation, Metromedia International
                                Group, Inc., Metromedia International
                                Telecommunications Inc. ("MITI"), Metromedia
                                Georgia Holdings, Inc., and any of their
                                respective affiliates or subsidiaries;

     Inventions                 shall have the meaning given in Section 8.2;

     Key Employee               any individual who is (or was in the 12 months
                                period prior to the Termination Date) employed
                                in either (a) an executive or management
                                capacity; or (b) a capacity in which he or she
                                has access to or obtained confidential
                                information, but (for the avoidance of doubt)
                                not including any employee whose duties are
                                purely administrative or clerical or who is
                                employed in a support capacity;

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     MIG                        Metromedia International Group, Inc.;

     Net Salary                 shall mean the salary received by the Employee
                                pursuant to an employment agreement with an
                                individual Group Company or Designated Company
                                less any withholding taxes or other items
                                required to be deducted by such Group Company or
                                Designated Company pursuant to the laws of the
                                country in which he is rendering services. The
                                Employee hereby consents to the making of all
                                such deductions and agrees to repay to the
                                Company and/or any other Group Company or
                                Designated Company as applicable, promptly upon
                                demand any amount which the Company or such
                                other Group Company or Designated Company, as
                                the case may be, failed for any reason
                                whatsoever to deduct from any payment made to
                                the Employee;

     Permitted Interest         an interest in (i) any class of shares or other
                                securities of any company which are traded on a
                                recognized stock exchange which amounts to not
                                more than five percent of such class of issued
                                shares or securities or (ii) any regulated
                                mutual fund or authorized unit trust;

     Place of Employment        shall have the meaning given in Section 1.2;

     Pre-Termination Period     the period of six months immediately preceding
                                the Termination Date;

     Prior Inventions           shall have the meaning given in Section 8.1;

     Supervisor                 the Chief Executive Officer of Metromedia
                                International Group, Inc.;

     Term                       shall mean the term of this Agreement;

     Termination Date           the date of termination or expiration of this
                                Agreement howsoever occurring.

(2)  The expressions  "subsidiary"  and  "affiliate"  have the meanings given to
     them under the laws of the State of New York.

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(3)  References to any  legislation are to be construed as referring also to any
     enactment or re-enactment thereof (whether before or after the date hereof)
     and to any previous  enactment  which such  enactment has replaced (with or
     without amendment provided that the amendment does not change the law as at
     the date hereof) and to any regulation or order made thereunder.

OPERATIVE PROVISIONS

1    Title, Job Description, etc.

1.1  The Company  shall employ the  Employee  and the  Employee  shall serve the
     Company as its Vice President of Georgian Operations with the immediate and
     exclusive  duty being to serve as General  Director of  Magticom,  Ltd. The
     Company  reserves the right to change the Employee's  title and duties from
     time to time.

1.2  The Employee shall be principally  based at the offices of Magticom Ltd., a
     subsidiary of Metromedia Georgia Holdings, Inc. located in Tbilisi, Georgia
     ("Place of  Employment")  but shall be  required  to attend and work at any
     location (whether within or outside the Commonwealth of Independent  States
     or the United  States) on a temporary  basis as reasonably  required of him
     from time to time.

1.3  The Company may  require  the  Employee to enter into one or more  separate
     employment  agreements  with  individual  Group  Companies,  where  this is
     necessary to enable the Employee to more  effectively  perform services for
     such Group Company (any such company a "Designated Company").  In the event
     of any  conflict  between  the terms of this  Agreement  and any such other
     agreement, this Agreement shall control.

1.4  The hours of work of the Employee  are not fixed but are the usual  working
     hours at the  location at which the  Employee is  principally  based or, if
     applicable,  at which he may be working and such additional hours as may be
     necessary to enable him to properly discharge his duties.

1.5  The terms of this  Agreement  shall include and the Employee shall be bound
     by  the  MIG  Corporate  Policies  Handbook,   as  it  may  be  amended  or
     supplemented from time to time, except to the extent inconsistent with this
     Agreement.  In the  event of any  inconsistency  between  the terms of such
     Corporate  Policies and this  Agreement,  the terms of this Agreement shall
     govern.

1.6  The  Employee  hereby   acknowledges  that,  because  his  compensation  is
     calculated based on the U.S. Dollar, it is not subject to indexation,  cost
     of living, exchange rate or any such other adjustments.

1.7  The  Employee  represents  and  warrants  that  he is  not a  party  to any
     agreement,  contract  (whether of employment or otherwise) or understanding
     which would in any way restrict or prohibit the Employee from entering into
     this  Agreement or  performing  any of his duties in  accordance  with this
     Agreement.

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2    Period of Engagement

2.1  The Term shall  commence on the  Commencement  Date and will continue until
     terminated:  (i) by  either  party  giving  to the  other not less than one
     month's  notice in writing or (ii)  pursuant to the  provisions  of Section
     12.1 hereof.  If the Employee  gives notice under this  Agreement,  he must
     also   simultaneously   give  notice  to  and  terminate   his   employment
     relationship  with any other  Group  Company  with  which he has  signed an
     employment agreement.

2.2  Neither the Company nor any other Group Company shall be obliged to provide
     work for the  Employee  at any time  after  notice of  termination  of this
     Agreement shall have been given by (i) either Party pursuant to Section 2.1
     or (ii) the Company pursuant to Section 12.1, and, in the event such notice
     is given,  the Company may, in its discretion,  take any one or more of the
     following steps:

          (a)  require the  Employee to comply  with such  conditions  as it may
               specify in relation to remaining at, or remaining  away from, the
               place(s) of business of the Company or any other Group Company;

          (b)  assign the Employee to other duties; or

          (c)  withdraw  any  powers  vested  in, or  duties  assigned  to,  the
               Employee.

3    Duties

3.1  During the term of this Agreement,  in addition to the specific assignments
     set forth in  Schedule I hereto,  the  Employee  shall  have the  following
     duties and obligations:

          (a) to serve the Company and other Group  Companies by performing such
          services  and  carrying out such duties as may be assigned to him from
          time to time by his Supervisor;

          (b) to use his best  endeavors at all times to  represent  the Company
          and other Group Companies and to promote the interests and welfare and
          maintain  the goodwill of the Company and other Group  Companies,  and
          not to do, and to exercise all  reasonable  endeavors to prevent there
          being done,  anything  which may be  prejudicial or detrimental to the
          Company or any other Group Company;

          (c) to faithfully  and  diligently  perform his duties and to exercise
          and carry out such  powers and  functions  as may from time to time be
          vested in him;

          (d) to devote the whole of his  working  time and the full  benefit of
          his  professional  knowledge,  expertise  and  skills  to  the  proper
          performance  of his duties  (unless on vacation as  permitted  by this
          Agreement or prevented by ill health or accident);

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          (e) to give (in writing if so  requested)  to his  Supervisor  or such
          other  person(s) as may be notified to him, such reports,  information
          and  explanations  regarding (i) the affairs of the Company and/or any
          other Group Company,  or (ii) other matters relating to this Agreement
          as may be usual or may be specifically required of him; and

          (f) to comply  with (i) any  applicable  Company  policy  relating  to
          dealings in securities of the Company or securities of any other Group
          Company,  (ii) all applicable  rules and regulations from time to time
          laid down by the  Company  concerning  its  employees  generally  with
          prospective  effect only, and (iii) all lawful directions given to him
          from time to time by the his Supervisor or the Board.

3.2  Subject to the  provisions  of Section 3.1,  the  Employee  shall have such
     powers and  responsibilities  in  conducting  the  business  of the Company
     and/or any other Group  Company in the ordinary  course as may from time to
     time be delegated to the Employee. These powers and responsibilities may be
     changed  or  withdrawn  from  time  to  time  and  such  changes  shall  be
     immediately communicated to the Employee.

4    Salary, Benefits, Expenses and Foreign Allowance

4.1  The Company shall pay the Employee for the proper performance of his duties
     during the term of this Agreement a monthly salary of $19,166.67  ($230,000
     on an  annualized  basis)  (the  "Salary"),  adjusted  as set forth in this
     Section 4.1. Any Net Salary or other compensation,  including  compensation
     as a director,  that the Employee  receives from any other Group Company or
     Designated Company, including but not limited to Magticom, Ltd., with which
     the Employee enters into an employment agreement as contemplated by Section
     1.4, will be offset  against the Salary  receivable  under this  Agreement,
     thereby  reducing  the Salary  payable  under this  Agreement by the amount
     received   from  such   other   Group   Company  or   Designated   Company.
     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  performance  bonuses,  if  any,  paid  by
     Magticom Ltd. to the Employee  pursuant to an employment  agreement between
     the Employee and Magticom Ltd. will not be offset against Salary.

     If the Company  gives notice to the Employee  under  Section 2.1 other than
     for an event  described in Section  12.1,  the Company or MITI will pay the
     Employee  severance in the amount of US $230,000  offset for any  severance
     paid to the  Employee  by  Magticom  Ltd.  or any other  Group  Company  or
     Designated  Company in connection with the simultaneous  termination of his
     employment agreement with Magticom Ltd. or such Group Company or Designated
     Company, as the case may be.

4.2  The Salary will:

          (a)  be payable in equal monthly  installments in arrears by not later
               than the last working day of each month;

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          (b)  be  payable  in lieu of any  other  fees or  remuneration  of any
               description  which the  Employee  might be entitled to (or may in
               fact  receive) from the Company (and the Employee  shall,  at the
               discretion of the Board,  either waive his right to any such fees
               or remuneration or deliver the same to the Company forthwith upon
               receipt); and

          (c)  be subject to set-off by the Company from time to time in respect
               of any  liability  of the  Employee  to the  Company or any other
               Group Company.

4.3  All payments to the Employee  hereunder  shall be subject to deduction  for
     withholding  taxes or other  items  required  to be deducted by an employer
     pursuant to the laws of the  country of which the  Employee is a citizen or
     resident  and/or in which he is  rendering  services,  as  applicable.  The
     Employee hereby consents to the making of all such deductions and agrees to
     repay to the Company and/or any other Group Company as applicable, promptly
     upon demand any amount  which the Company or such other Group  Company,  as
     the case may be,  failed  for any  reason  whatsoever  to  deduct  from any
     payment made to the Employee.

4.4  The Employee shall be promptly  reimbursed for all necessary and reasonable
     business  expenses he incurs in the  performance  of his duties  hereunder,
     including, without limitation, all business travel-related expenses.

4.5  The Employee  shall be eligible to receive awards of stock options under an
     incentive  stock  option plan of MIG as may be  determined  by the Board of
     MIG.

4.6  Except  for the  payment  of  Salary  as  described  in  Section  4.1,  the
     participation  in the stock  option plan as  described  in Section 4.6, the
     payment of foreign living expenses as described in this Section 4.7 and the
     payment of  relocation  expenses as  described  in Section  4.8 below,  the
     Employee shall not be entitled to any other  compensation  or benefits from
     the Company during the term of this Agreement,  including benefits that are
     available to other  employees of the Company or MITI. For any period during
     the Term that the Company requires the Employee to be domiciled in Tbilisi,
     Georgia, Company shall:

          (a)  shall pay the  employee  the  amount of $1,500 per month to cover
               the Employee's housing and other foreign living expenses;

          (b)  shall  reimburse the Employee,  upon  presentation of appropriate
               documentation,  for the Employee's  medical  insurance,  provided
               that such  reimbursement  shall not  materially  exceed  the cost
               incurred by the Company for providing similar medical insurance;

          (c)  shall  reimburse  the  Employee  once every  three  months of his
               employment   hereunder,    upon   presentation   of   appropriate
               documentation,  for one  round-trip  coach class  airline  ticket
               between Tbilisi and London.

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4.7  The Company  shall not reimburse any expenses of the Employee in connection
     with his relocation  from Tbilisi,  Georgia upon  expiration of the Term of
     this Agreement however occurring.

4.8  During the Term,  the Company shall pay or otherwise  offset the Employee's
     personal  tax  obligations  in  respect  of Salary  and other  compensation
     payable hereunder in Georgia,  plus the costs of making any tax filings and
     returns of Georgia. To effect the foregoing provision, the Company shall at
     its expense retain a tax specialist  qualified in Georgian taxes to prepare
     and file the Employee's Georgian tax return. The Company shall promptly pay
     when due all actual Georgian taxes due from the Employee for Salary and all
     other compensation  hereunder,  including tax payments made to or on behalf
     of the Employee;  provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
     to pay any tax  penalties if the reason for the  Company's  failure to make
     timely payments of Georgian taxes is attributable to the Employee's failure
     to promptly provide the Company with the information  needed to compute his
     Georgian taxes.  Any and all tax refunds  received by the Employee from the
     Georgian  government in connection  with such tax filings shall be promptly
     returned  by the  Employee  to the  Company.  At the end of the  Term,  the
     Company shall, as described  above,  pay or otherwise offset the Employee's
     personal  tax  obligations  in  Georgia  in  respect  of  Salary  and other
     compensation  paid to him during the Term, but the Employee shall be solely
     responsible for any and all personal tax obligations  incurred by him after
     the Term in Georgia or in any other tax jurisdiction.  For the avoidance of
     doubt,  the Employee shall be solely  responsible for his personal taxes in
     the United Kingdom and in all other tax jurisdictions.

5    Vacation and Holiday

     A period of absence for  vacation or  holidays is not  provided  under this
     Agreement.  However,  salary  shall be paid for  periods  during  which the
     Employee performs no services on account of vacation, holidays and personal
     days as shall be set forth in an employment  agreement between the Employee
     and a Designated Company.

6    Restrictions upon Other Activities

6.1. The Employee shall not (a) during the term of this Agreement carry on or be
     concerned,  engaged or  interested  directly  or  indirectly  (whether as a
     principal, shareholder, partner, financier, employee, consultant, director,
     officer,  agent or otherwise)  in any trade or business  other than that of
     the Company or any other Group  Company,  and shall not engage in any other
     activity which the Company  reasonably  considers may impair his ability to
     perform  his  duties  under  this  Agreement;  and (b) for a period  of the
     greater  of (i) six  months  following  the  Termination  Date and (ii) any
     period during which the Employee receives remuneration  hereunder following
     the  Termination  Date,  carry on or be  concerned,  engaged or  interested
     directly or  indirectly  (whether  as a  principal,  shareholder,  partner,
     financier, employee, consultant,  director, officer, agent or otherwise) in
     any trade or  business  which is in  competition  with the  business of the
     Company or any other Group Company  carried on at the  Termination  Date in
     any  country in which the  Company or such Group  Company (or any entity in
     which  such  Group  Company  has a  greater  than  10%  economic  interest)
     operates;  provided that the foregoing  shall not apply to the holding of a
     Permitted Interest.

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6.2. The Employee  shall not during the term of this  Agreement and for a period
     of six months  thereafter  (except  in a purely  social  capacity,  for the
     legitimate  business  interests  of his  then-current  employer or with the
     prior  written  consent of the Board) make any contact,  whether  formal or
     informal, written or oral, with any past, current or prospective suppliers,
     customers  or clients of the Company or any other Group  Company  with whom
     the Employee has had business  dealings at any time during the term of this
     Agreement  (including  but not limited to, for the purposes of setting up a
     competing business or seeking employment).

6.3. The  Employee  shall not  during  the Term and for a period  of six  months
     thereafter  either on his own  behalf or on behalf of any  person,  firm or
     company:

          (a) solicit, approach or deal with, offer goods or services to, accept
          custom  from,  or entice  away any  person,  firm or company who was a
          client or customer of the  Company or any other Group  Company  during
          the term of this  Agreement,  and  with  whom  the  Employee  has been
          actively  engaged or involved by virtue of his duties hereunder during
          the Pre-Termination Period; or

          (b) solicit,  approach or deal with, or offer goods or services to, or
          entice away from the Company or any other Group Company,  or interfere
          with any person,  firm or company  who was a supplier,  sales agent or
          distributor  of the Company or any other Group Company during the term
          of this  Agreement  and in each case with whom the  Employee  has been
          actively  engaged or involved by virtue of his duties hereunder during
          the Pre-Termination Period;

     provided  that nothing  contained in  sub-sections  (a) and (b) above shall
     prohibit the Employee  from  carrying out any  activities  which are not in
     direct  competition with any part of the business of any Group Company with
     which the Employee was involved in during the Pre-Termination Period.

6.4  The Employee  shall not during the term of this  Agreement and for a period
     of six  months  thereafter  either  on his own  behalf  or on behalf of any
     person, firm or company:

          (a)  approach,  solicit,  hire or  endeavor  to  entice  away from the
          Company or any other Group  Company any Key Employee of the Company or
          such Group Company,  or discourage  from being employed by the Company
          or  such  Group  Company  any  person  who,  to the  knowledge  of the
          Employee,  is a prospective  Key Employee of the Company or such Group
          Company; or

          (b) employ or procure another person to employ any such person.

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6.5. The Employee  (who  acknowledges  that,  in the Term,  he is likely to have
     dealings with the clients,  customers,  suppliers and other contacts of the
     Company and the other Group Companies) agrees that each of the restrictions
     in this Section 6 is separate and distinct,  is to be construed  separately
     from the other  restrictions,  and is  reasonable  as regards its duration,
     extent and application for the legitimate business interests of the Company
     and the  other  Group  Companies.  However,  in the  event  that  any  such
     restriction  shall be found to be void or unenforceable  but would be valid
     and  enforceable  if some part or parts of it were deleted or revised,  the
     Employee  agrees  that such  restriction  shall  apply with such  deletions
     and/or revisions as may be necessary to make it valid and effective.

7    Confidential Information

7.1  "Confidential  Information"  is used  herein to mean any  information  that
     pertains  to or is in any way  connected  with  the  Company  or any  Group
     Company,  including  explicitly and without limitation any such information
     created  or  discovered  by the  Employee  during  the  Term.  Confidential
     Information  shall include but not be limited to items set forth in clauses
     (a) through (d) immediately following.

          (a)  Business  plans,  trade  secrets,   processes,   formulas,  data,
               know-how,    inventions,    improvements,    techniques,   plans,
               strategies,  forecasts,  contracts,  agreements,  employee lists,
               customer lists and suppliers lists.

          (b)  Information and data pertaining to any aspect of the Company's or
               any  Group   Company's   developmental,   financial,   technical,
               marketing,  sales or operating activities, or to the Company's or
               any Group Company's organization,  results,  performance,  costs,
               revenues, procedures, processes, systems or employees.

          (c)  Computer programs and data bases and any information pertinent to
               the  design or  operation  of  computer  programs  and data bases
               acquired,  developed,  sold or used by the  Company  or any Group
               Company or its  employees;  and  information or data pertinent to
               any  programming  techniques  or processes  connected  with these
               computer programs or data bases.

          (d)  Documentation,  samples,  models or prototypes,  or parts thereof
               developed  by or in  conjunction  with  any  marketing,  sales or
               operational  program  undertaken  by the  Company  or  any  Group
               Company.

     Without  limitation  to  the  foregoing,   information  or  data  shall  be
     considered as Confidential  Information in connection herewith whenever the
     confidential or proprietary  status of the information or data is indicated
     orally or in writing by the  disclosing  party,  or in any context in which
     the disclosing party reasonably  communicated or the receiving party should
     reasonably  have  understood that the information or data should be treated
     as  confidential,  whether  or not the  specific  words  "confidential"  or
     "proprietary" are used.

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7.2 The Employee acknowledges that:

          (a) He holds a senior  management  position  with the Company  and, in
          connection  with his  performance of the services  hereunder,  he will
          acquire and make use of Confidential Information;

          (b) Such  Confidential  Information  constitutes a unique and valuable
          asset of the Company;

          (c)  Maintenance  of the  proprietary  character  of the  Confidential
          Information, to the full extent feasible, is important to the Company;

          (d) The Confidential  Information is sufficiently  secret as to derive
          economic  value  from not being  generally  known to others  who could
          obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and

          (e) The  Confidential  Information is currently the subject of efforts
          by the Company to maintain its secrecy or confidentiality.

7.3  In order to protect the Confidential  Information,  the Employee agrees and
     covenants  to perform as set forth in clauses (a)  through (c)  immediately
     following.

          (a) The  Employee  shall  hold the  Confidential  Information  that is
          within his personal control in strictest  confidence and shall not use
          or  disclose  such  Confidential  Information  for so long as any such
          Confidential Information may remain confidential,  secret or otherwise
          wholly or partially subject to protection, except:

                (i) In connection with his performance of the Services;

               (ii) As required by a court of law,  by any  governmental  agency
                    having  supervisory  authority  over  the  business  of  the
                    Company  or  by  any   administrative  or  legislative  body
                    (including a committee  thereof) with apparent  jurisdiction
                    to  order  the   Employee  to  divulge,   disclose  or  make
                    accessible such  information,  provided,  however,  Employee
                    shall  promptly  provide notice of a request for same to the
                    Company;

              (iii) In  confidence  to an attorney  for the purpose of obtaining
                    legal advice; or

               (iv) If such Confidential  Information becomes generally known to
                    the  public  or  trade  without  Employee's  breach  of this
                    Section 7.

7.4 The Employee shall take all reasonable and appropriate steps to:

          (a) Safeguard any Confidential Information within his personal control
          for  so  long  as  any  such   Confidential   Information  may  remain
          confidential,  secret or  otherwise  wholly or  partially  subject  to
          protection, and

          (b) Protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.

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7.5  The Employee shall return to the Company upon termination of employment all
     materials  then in his  possession,  custody  or control  belonging  to the
     Company,  including all  Confidential  Information that is in tangible form
     and that has  come  into his  possession  during  his  employment  with the
     Company;  provided,  however,  that nothing  shall  prevent the  Employee's
     retaining personal  correspondence files,  personal diaries,  calendars and
     rolodexes or  information  relating to  compensation,  equity  positions or
     reimbursement of expenses,  information he reasonably believes to be needed
     for tax purposes, or copies of plans, programs, agreements and arrangements
     relating to his employment, and other comparable materials.

8    Rights to Inventions and Licenses

8.1  The Employee  represents  that there are no  inventions,  original works of
     authorship,  developments,  improvements  and  trade  secrets  made  by the
     Employee prior to the Commencement Date (collectively referred to as "Prior
     Inventions"), which belong solely to the Employee or belong to the Employee
     jointly  with  another,  which  relate  in any way to any of the  Company's
     actual or proposed  businesses,  products or research and  development  and
     which are not  assigned  to the  Company  hereunder.  If, in the  course of
     Employee's  employment with the Company,  the Employee  incorporates into a
     product,  service or process of the Company a Prior  Invention owned by the
     Employee or in which the Employee  has an  interest,  the Company is hereby
     granted  and  shall  have  a  non-exclusive,   royalty-free,   irrevocable,
     perpetual,  worldwide  license (with the right to sublicense) to make, have
     made,  copy,  modify,  make  derivative  works of, use,  sell and otherwise
     distribute  such  Prior  Invention  as part of or in  connection  with such
     product, service or process.

8.2  The Employee agrees to promptly make full written disclosure to the Company
     and to hold in trust for the sole right and  benefit of the Company any and
     all  inventions,  original  works of  authorship,  developments,  concepts,
     know-how,  improvements  and trade  secrets,  whether or not  patentable or
     subject to registration under copyright or similar laws, which the Employee
     may solely or jointly  conceive or develop or reduce to practice,  or cause
     to be conceived  or developed or reduced to practice,  during the course of
     his employment with the Company that:

          (a) Relate at the time of conception or  development  to the actual or
          demonstrably proposed business or research and development  activities
          of the Company;

          (b)  Result  from or relate  to any work  performed  for the  Company,
          whether or not during normal business hours;

          (c) Are developed on Company work time; or

          (d)  Are developed through the use of Confidential  Information or the
               Company's  equipment,  software or other  facilities or resources
               (items (a) through (d) being  collectively  referred to herein as
               "Inventions").

     The  Employee  hereby  assigns to the  Company or its  designee  all of the
     Employee's  right,  title and interest  throughout  the world in and to all
     Inventions,  and the Employee  acknowledges  that all Inventions are "works
     made for hire" (to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law) and are
     fully compensated by the Employee's Salary,  unless regulated  otherwise by
     law.

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8.3  The  Employee  agrees to keep and  maintain  adequate  and current  written
     records of all  Inventions  made by the  Employee  (solely or jointly  with
     others) during the course of his employment  with the Company.  The records
     may be in the form of notes, sketches,  drawings,  flow charts,  electronic
     data or recordings,  laboratory notebooks and any other format. The records
     will be  available  to and remain the sole  property  of the Company at all
     times.  The Employee  agrees not to remove such records from the  Company's
     place of business  except as expressly  permitted  by Company  policy which
     may,  from time to time, be revised at the sole election of the Company for
     the purpose of furthering the Company's business.

8.4  The Employee agrees to assist the Company or its designee, at the Company's
     expense,  in every way to secure the Company's rights in the Inventions and
     any copyrights,  patents,  trademarks,  mask-work  rights,  moral rights or
     other  intellectual  property  rights  relating  thereto  in  any  and  all
     countries,  including  the  disclosure  to the  Company  of  all  pertinent
     information   and  data  with  respect   thereto,   the  execution  of  all
     applications,  specifications, oaths, assignments, recordings and all other
     documents and  instruments  which the Company shall deem necessary in order
     to apply for,  obtain,  maintain and  transfer  such rights and in order to
     assign and convey to the Company, its successors,  assigns and nominees the
     sole and exclusive right,  title and interest in and to such Inventions and
     any copyrights,  patents,  mask-work rights or other intellectual  property
     rights relating thereto. The Employee further agrees that the obligation to
     execute or cause to be executed any such  documents and  instruments  shall
     continue after the  termination of Employee's  employment  with the Company
     until the expiration of the last such intellectual property right to expire
     in any  country of the  world.  If the  Company  is unable,  because of the
     Employee's mental or physical  incapacity or  unavailability  for any other
     reason,  to secure the  Employee's  signature to apply for or to pursue any
     application   for  any  United  States  or  foreign  patents  or  copyright
     registrations  covering  Inventions  assigned  to the  Company as set forth
     above,  then the Employee  hereby  irrevocably  designates and appoints the
     Company (through its duly authorized officers and agents) as the Employee's
     agent and attorney in fact,  to act for and on the  Employee's  behalf,  to
     execute  and  file  any  such  applications  and to do all  other  lawfully
     permitted  acts to further  the  application  for,  prosecution,  issuance,
     maintenance  or  transfer  of  letters  patent or  copyright  registrations
     thereon with the same legal force and effect as if  originally  executed by
     the Employee.  The Employee hereby waives and irrevocably quitclaims to the
     Company any and all claims,  of any nature  whatsoever,  which the Employee
     now or hereafter has for  infringement  of any and all  proprietary  rights
     assigned to the Company.

9    Essential Covenants

     The restrictions set out in Sections 6, 7 and 8 above are without prejudice
     to any other  fiduciary  duties  owed to the  Company  or any  other  Group
     Company,  whether express or implied.  The Employee  acknowledges  that the
     covenants and  undertakings in Sections 6, 7 and 8 are made for the benefit
     of the  Company and all other  Group  Companies,  and each of them shall be
     considered  to  be  a  third  party   beneficiary  of  such  covenants  and
     undertakings  and,  in the event of any breach  thereof in  relation to any
     such  company,  the  applicable  Group Company shall be entitled to enforce
     such breached covenant or undertaking directly against the Employee.

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10   Employee Conduct

     The Employee hereby acknowledges that he has received, read and understands
     and agrees to comply in all respects with the Company's  Corporate Policies
     Handbook,  as it may be amended and supplemented  from time to time, to the
     extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.

11   Remedies

     The Employee  expressly  acknowledges that the remedy at law for any breach
     of  Sections  6, 7 and 8 may be  inadequate  and that  upon any  breach  or
     threatened  breach, the Company or any other Group Company affected by such
     breach shall be entitled as a matter of right to  injunctive  relief in any
     court of competent jurisdiction, in equity or otherwise, and to enforce the
     specific  performance of the Employee's  obligations under those provisions
     without the necessity of proving the actual  damage or the  inadequacy of a
     legal remedy.  The rights conferred by the preceding  sentence shall not be
     exclusive  of, but shall be in  addition  to, any other  rights or remedies
     which such company may have at law, in equity or otherwise.

12   Termination

12.1 The Company may at any time terminate this Agreement with immediate  effect
     (or any such  longer  period  of notice  as the  Company  shall see fit) by
     giving the Employee written notice in any of the following events:

     (a)  If the Employee at the time the notice is given is prevented by reason
          of incapacity  from  appearing at his  customary  place of work and/or
          fully and properly  performing  his duties,  and has been so prevented
          for at  least a  continuous  period  of 120  days or for an  aggregate
          period of at least 120 days  (whether or not, in either case,  working
          days) in the preceding twelve months;

     (b)  If the Employee shall have

           (i) committed  an act of fraud or  dishonesty,  been  convicted  of a
               serious crime or been guilty of gross misconduct  (whether or not
               in any such case connected with the employment hereunder),

          (ii) committed  any  material  breach of, or,  after having been given
               warning in writing, any repeated or continued breaches of, any of
               his duties hereunder or any of his express or implied obligations
               arising from this  Agreement,  including  refusing to comply with
               any proper instructions given to him,

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         (iii) been guilty of conduct or  permitted or suffered to occur events
               or  actions by others  tending to bring the  Company or any other
               Group Company into disrepute,

          (iv) committed  any act which  materially  and  adversely  affects his
               ability to properly carry out his material duties hereunder,

           (v) failed,  after  having  been  given  warning  in  writing  and an
               opportunity  to cure, to have  performed the material part of his
               duties to the satisfaction of his Supervisor, or

          (vi) become  bankrupt,  claimed the benefit of any legislation for the
               time  being in force for the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors,  or
               proposed  or  made  any  arrangement  or  composition   with  his
               creditors.

12.2 Upon termination of the Agreement however arising:

     (a)  The  Employee  shall as soon as  practicable  upon the  request of the
          Board:

          (i)  resign from all  offices  held by him in the Company or any other
               Group Company and from all other appointments or offices which he
               holds as nominee or  representative  of the  Company or any other
               Group Company, and

          (ii) terminate  any  powers  of  attorney,  signatory  powers or other
               authorizations which he may have received from the Company or any
               other  Group  Company,  and, if he fails so to do, the Company is
               irrevocably  authorized by the Employee to appoint some person in
               his name and on his behalf to execute  such  documents  and to do
               such other things as are  reasonably  necessary to give effect to
               such resignations and terminations.

     (b)  The  Employee  (or, if he shall be dead,  of unsound mind or bankrupt,
          his  personal  representatives  or such  other  persons  as  shall  be
          appointed to administer  his estate and affairs)  shall deliver to the
          Company in accordance  with the directions of the Board all computers,
          cell phones and other equipment  belonging to the Company or any other
          Group Company, and all keys, security passes, credit cards,  Documents
          and other  property  belonging  to or  relating to the  businesses  or
          affairs  of the  Company or any other  Group  Company,  including  all
          copies  of  all  Company  and  Group  Company   Documents   containing
          confidential  information (and all copies, extracts or notes of any of
          the same) which may be in his possession or under his control (or that
          of his personal representatives or such other persons).

     (c)  The Employee shall  cooperate to the extent  requested by the Board in
          the  transfer  of  his  duties  and  responsibilities  to  the  person
          designated as his successor.

     (d)  The Employee  shall have no separate  entitlement  to any severance or
          similar  payment  in  respect of the  termination  of his  employment,
          however arising.

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12.3 The  Employee  shall have no claim  against  the Company or any other Group
     Company:

     (a)  by reason of the merger, consolidation,  continuation,  dissolution or
          liquidation of the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all of
          the assets of the Company, provided that the Employee shall have first
          been  offered  in  writing a new  appointment  with the  successor  or
          surviving company (or, in the case of a Designated  Company,  with the
          Company or any other Group  Company) on terms no less favorable to him
          than under this Agreement; or

     (b)  in  relation  to any  provision  of the  charter or other  constituent
          documents of any Group Company, or any agreement, plan or arrangement,
          which (i) has the effect of requiring  the Employee to sell or give up
          any shares, securities, options or rights at any price, or (ii) causes
          any  options  or other  rights  granted  to him to become  prematurely
          exercisable or lapse.

12.4 The Board may at any time  suspend  the  Employee  pending  the  making and
     completion of such  investigation  regarding the conduct of the Employee as
     it  thinks  fit.  While  the  suspension  continues,   unless  specifically
     otherwise  provided  in this  Agreement,  the  Employee  shall  continue to
     receive the Salary and other benefits set out in this Agreement. During the
     period of suspension, neither the Company nor any other Group Company shall
     be  obliged to  provide  work to the  Employee  and the  Employee  shall be
     required to comply  with such  conditions  as the  Company  may  reasonably
     specify in relation to remaining  at or  remaining  away from the places of
     business of the Company  and/or any other  Group  Company.  Nothing in this
     Section 12.4 shall be deemed to prevent the Agreement from being terminated
     for cause pursuant to the terms of this Agreement  during or after any such
     investigation,  whether on the grounds of the matter being  investigated or
     otherwise.

13   Notices

     Notices by either party:

     (a)  must be in writing  addressed  to the Company or the Employee at their
          respective addresses set out at the commencement of this Agreement, or
          such  other  address  as either  may  notify to the other from time to
          time; and

     (b)  will be effectively served:

           (i) on the day of receipt, where any hand-delivered letter (including
               any  delivery  by  recognized  overnight  courier)  or  facsimile
               transmission  is  received  on a  business  day  before or during
               normal working hours;

          (ii) on the following  business day, where any  hand-delivered  letter
               (including  any  delivery  by  recognized  overnight  courier) or
               facsimile transmission is received either on a business day after
               normal working hours or on any other day; or

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         (iii) on the fifth  business  day  following  the day of mailing to an
               overseas address of any letter sent registered or certified mail.

14   General

14.1 This Agreement is in substitution for all contracts between the Company and
     any other Group Company and the Employee (whether written, oral or governed
     by a course of dealings)  prior to the date hereof,  each of which shall be
     deemed to have terminated with effect from the Commencement Date.

14.2 Unless the  context  of this  Agreement  clearly  requires  otherwise,  (a)
     references to the plural include the singular, the singular the plural, and
     the part the whole,  and (b)  references  to one gender  include  all other
     genders.

14.3 The  section  and  other  headings  contained  in  this  Agreement  are for
     reference purposes only and shall not control or affect the construction of
     this Agreement or the interpretation thereof in any respect.

14.4 The  waiver,  express or implied,  by either  party of any right under this
     Agreement  or any breach by the other shall not  constitute  or be deemed a
     waiver of any other  right or breach  under this  Agreement  or of the same
     right or breach on another occasion.

14.5 No amendment,  change or addition to the terms of this  Agreement  shall be
     effective or binding on either the Company or the Employee  unless  reduced
     to writing and executed by both the Company and the Employee.

14.6 During the term of the Agreement,  the Employee  undertakes not to disclose
     or  communicate  any terms of this  Agreement to any other  employee of any
     Group  Company  or to any  third  party  (other  than  for the  purpose  of
     obtaining  professional advice or other than as required by applicable law,
     including  the  tax and  securities  laws  and  regulations  of the  United
     States).

14.7 Unless  otherwise  provided to the contrary  herein,  any provision of this
     Agreement  that  contemplates   operation  after  the  termination  of  the
     Agreement  shall  apply   notwithstanding   termination  of  the  Agreement
     howsoever arising.

14.8 If any provision of this Agreement or  application  thereof to anyone under
     any  circumstances  is  adjudicated to be invalid or  unenforceable  in any
     jurisdiction,  such  invalidity  or  unenforceability  shall not affect any
     other  provisions  or  applications  of this  Agreement  which can be given
     effect without the invalid or  unenforceable  provision or application  and
     shall  not  invalidate  or  render  unenforceable  such  provision  in  any
     jurisdiction.

14.9 This Agreement is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the
     laws of the State of New York,  U.S.A.,  without  regard to the conflict of
     laws principles thereof,  and the Company and the Employee hereby submit to
     the  non-exclusive  jurisdiction  of the courts of New York with respect to
     all matters relating to this Agreement.

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14.10 In order to keep and maintain  accurate records relating to the Employee's
     employment,  it will be  necessary  for the  Company  to  record,  keep and
     process personal data relating to the Employee.  This data may be recorded,
     kept and processed on computer and/or in hard copy form. To the extent that
     it is reasonably necessary in connection with the Employee's employment and
     the performance of the Company's responsibilities as an employer, it may be
     necessary for the Company to disclose this data to others.

     By  signing  this  Agreement,  the  Employee  consents  to  the  recording,
     processing,  use, disclosure,  and transfer by the Company of personal data
     relating  to him.  This does not  affect the  Employee's  rights to request
     copies of the personal data,  information  about how that data is processed
     and the  names of the  parties  to whom  the  information  may be  properly
     disclosed in compliance with all applicable laws.

     For all purposes required by law, the Company has nominated the chief legal
     officer of the Company as its representative.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Employment Agreement.

METROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.

By:  /s/ Mark S. Hauf
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     Mark Hauf
     President

DAVID LEE

     /s/ David Lee
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