 RFE/RL Headlines 07.07.2009 A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| News  Clashes Continue In Streets Of Xinjiang Han Chinese demonstrators smashed shops thought to be owned by minority Muslim Uyghurs in the regional capital, Urumqi, two days after ethnic unrest in the city that officials blamed on Uyghurs left more than 150 people dead. Meanwhile, dozens of Uyghurs protesting the arrest of relatives since the rioting began faced off against police, and authorities imposed a nighttime curfew in the city to prevent further "chaos." More  'This Will Not Be Easy' U.S. President Barack Obama says Washington and Moscow can put aside the past and cooperate on common interests like stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. But in a speech in Moscow, Obama also issued challenges to Russia, saying states should respect international borders and the rule of law. More  China Suspends Visas To Kazakhs For Xinjiang Chinese and Kazakh officials have agreed to suspend Chinese visas for Kazakhs wishing to visit Xinjiang, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More Three police officers in the southern Russian city of Saratov have been found guilty of killing an Armenian citizen and sentenced to long prison terms, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More Officials in Kyrgyzstan's southern Osh Oblast have increased passport controls, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More  High-Ranking Police Official Attacked In Ingushetia Unknown assailants have seriously injured the chief of Ingushetia's Forensics and Investigations Center, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More  Trial Begins In Azerbaijani Mosque Bombing The trial of 26 members of the so-called "Forest Brothers" has begun in an Azerbaijani court, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports. More  Georgia Won't Extradite Russian Deserter Georgia will not extradite former Russian Army Sergeant Aleksandr Glukhov, a Georgian official has said. More E-mails And Voicemails To Radio Farda On July 7 More Iranian Exile Satirizes Opposition 'Confessions' Iran’s prominent exiled satirist Ebrahim Nabavi has produced a spoof video of Iran’s former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi confessing to organizing a velvet revolution. More  Obama: Alaska Was 'Pretty Good Deal' Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama made a pointed quip on Tuesday about Russia's sale of Alaska to the United States in the 19th century. More  Walking A Tightrope The second day of Barack Obama's trip to Moscow had the U.S. president attempting a difficult balancing act -- seeking Russian support on issues of global concern, like nuclear proliferation, but also making clear U.S. concerns over such things as Moscow's meddling in its neighbor's affairs. More  Vox Pop: Obama Receives Mixed Reception Barack Obama is in Russia, on his first visit as U.S. president, trying to "reset" relations with Russia after they descended into acrimony during the Bush administration. So how are the residents of one small town in Russia's North Caucasus taking to Obama? More  Belarusian Leader, Berezovsky Colluded In Arrest, Lawyer Says Few stories are as Byzantine as the recent case involving Emanuel Zeltser, an American lawyer who late last month was released from a Belarusian jail after spending nearly a year behind bars on charges of industrial espionage. Zeltser, who returned to the United States last week, spoke to RFE/RL about his ordeal. More  U.S. Still Seen As World's Bully, Poll Finds A new poll conducted in 20 countries representing more than 60 percent of the world's population says feelings toward the United States haven't changed much since Barak Obama became the U.S. president. Yet the respondents also told worldpublicopinion.org that they believe Obama's presidency will be good for the world, as well as for the United States. More  Remembering The Genius Of Vasily Aksyonov Vasily Aksyonov, who died on July 6 after a long illness, was one of the last Soviet-era writers to endure a ban by Kremlin censors and be stripped of his citizenship. The news has rocked his friends, colleagues, and admirers worldwide. "Readers had a special relationship with him," one says. More |
