 RFE/RL Headlines 09.07.2009 A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| News  Hundreds Protest In Tehran, Despite Warnings Despite warnings from Iranian authorities, including the governor of Tehran, hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the capital to mark the anniversary of the 1999 student uprising and to protest against the results of the June presidential vote. More Police reportedly approached Uladzimir Syakerka and Mikalay Zasusky near the entrance of the Electroapparatura factory in Homel. More  Kazakhs, Kyrgyz Flee China Unrest Kazakh and Kyrgyz citizens are returning in significant numbers from neighboring China's tense Xinjiang region, where ethnic rioting has been blamed for hundreds of deaths and injuries. More  G8, Developing States Talk Climate Change G8 leaders opened up their summit in Italy to include the heads of the fastest growing emerging economies, who have been weighing in on the climate change targets agreed by the rich countries on the first day of the summit. More More  Transdniestrian Parliament's Speaker Steps Down Yevgeny Shevchuk cited "deep disagreements" with Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov. More  U.S. Experts To Join Klebnikov Murder Probe Paul Klebnikov was editor in chief of the Russian edition of "Forbes" magazine when he was gunned down in downtown Moscow five years ago. More  Iraqi Official Warns Of Dangerous Water Shortages Al-Farraji said Syrian and Turkish dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and poor domestic water- and land-management policies have contributed to the desertification of Iraq. More  Iranians Arrest Rights Lawyers, Pro-Reform Journalist The arrests came as authorities in Iran vowed to crack down hard on anyone who attempted to demonstrate to mark the anniversary of the 1999 student riots in Iran, which sparked a fierce official response that critics say included extrajudicial killings in addition to mass arrests. More  Series Of Large-Scale Bombings Kills Scores In Iraq Police in Iraq say up to 41 people have been killed and another 80 wounded in the latest suicide bomb attacks in civilian areas. Most of the casualties resulted from two blasts in the northern town of Tal Afar, between Mosul and the Syrian border. More  Afghan Candidate Hires Carville As Campaign Advisor Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani has hired U.S. political consultant James Carville to join his campaign team. More  Court Shuts Down Siberian Newspaper After Ethnic Insults A regional court in the Siberian city of Chita has ordered the closure of a local newspaper after it published articles deemed to be extremist, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More Iraq's legislative drafting committee has failed to reach agreement on the new electoral law, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports. More  Afghan-Pakistani Transit Deal Said To Be Signed This Year Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan has told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan that he expects a new transit agreement between the two countries to be signed before the end of this year. More  Mediators Look Forward To Next Karabakh Summit International mediators have visited Yerevan to discuss preparations for the upcoming fresh meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More  Suspects Arrested In Attack On Ingushetian President The Interior Ministry of the Russian Republic of Ingushetia has announced the arrest of suspects allegedly involved in the attack on Ingushetian President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More  Ukraine To Host Congress Of World's Turkic Youth The second World Congress of the Turkic Youth will be held in Crimea in August, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. More  Large Armed Group Attacks Tajik Police Post A group of armed men attacked a police checkpoint near the eastern Tajik town of Tavil-Dara overnight, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Youth Activists Arrested In Azerbaijan Prominent Azerbaijani youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada were arrested late on July 8 after being involved in a fight in a restaurant. More Was Medvedev Drunk At The G8? While not as epic as Sarkozy's seemingly inebriated appearance at the G8, the Russian president does seem a bit wobbly. More  Vacationing In Nagorno-Karabakh With all the speculation about a potential peace deal on Nagorno-Karabakh, the real savior of the disputed region might not be the Minsk Group, but tourism. More  Rafsanjani’s Absence From Friday Prayers Once again Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will not lead Friday Prayers in Tehran tomorrow, making it the 7th week of his absence. More  Kremlin's 'Gray Cardinal' Steps Out Of The Shadows Vladislav Surkov, the man seen as the Kremlin's chief ideologist, is known for his media shyness. But he has been unusually visible in recent months, making calls for liberal reform that suggest a change of course is under way in the Kremlin. More  Gone Astray After his falling out, a founding member of one of Iran's thuggish "pressure groups" learned what it was like to be on the other side of the truncheons. More recently, Amir Farshad Ebrahimi has watched from exile as former colleagues mete out brutal justice to quell postelection protests. More  North Korea Suspected Of Attacking U.S., South Korea South Korea is on high alert amid suspicions that North Korea was behind a recent wave of website outages in South Korea and the United States. The attacks are being called the most widespread cyberoffensive in recent years. More  Looking For Signs And Prophets Everything here is still topsy-turvy. I never imagined I would watch and listen to the Friday Prayer sermon by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, call Rafsanjani the "last hope," listen and enjoy speeches by Hadi Ghaffari, who was one of the most radical clerics during the revolution and now has turned his attacks on the supreme leader. More |
