 RFE/RL Headlines 11/11/2009 6:05:27 PM A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| News Jail Time Ordered For Azerbaijani Bloggers RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service Director Kenan Aliyev talks about the significance of the conviction and jail sentences handed down against bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada in the context of Azerbaijan's tightly controlled media environment. More  German Head-Scarf Killer Given Life Sentence A German court in Dresden has sentenced a self-avowed racist who stabbed to death a pregnant, head-scarf-wearing Egyptian pharmacist in July to life in prison. The killing has sparked outrage in Egypt and across the Muslim world, where many believe the woman was killed because she was wearing a head scarf. More  Obama Pays Tribute To 13 Victims Of Military Base Attack U.S. President Barack Obama presided at a memorial service to the 12 soldiers and one civilian who were killed last week, allegedly by a U.S. Army psychiatrist. The suspect is an American Muslim who is said to have dreaded being sent to war to fight other Muslims. More Kyrgyzstan Reports More Swine Flu Infections But No Deaths The number of swine flu patients in Kyrgyzstan has reached 27, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More  Kurdish President Criticizes Baghdad's Oil Policy The president of Iraq's Kurdish regional government (KRG) described to European lawmakers on November 10 the differences his government has with the Baghdad government, RFE/RL reports. More Registration for the Ukrainian presidential election has ended, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. More  Electricity Being Rationed In Some Tajik Provinces Tajikistan has introduced electricity rationing in some of its provinces after a major blackout in the country, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Jailed Uzbek Dissident's Daughter Being Harrassed By Police The daughter of jailed Uzbek dissident writer Yusuf Juma says police are visiting her home every day and night and interrogating her, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. More  Jailed Armenian Editor Barred From Running For Parliament Armenian authorities have barred Nikol Pashinian, an outspoken opposition figure and newspaper editor, from standing in an upcoming parliamentary by-election, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More  Ukraine Reports More Flu Deaths, Infections The number of people in Ukraine who have died from flu and respiratory diseases has reached 174, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. More  Supporters Of Jailed Kazakh Activist Says Case Politically Motivated Supporters of leading Kazakh human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis say his case is politically motivated, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More Armenian Health officials have urged people not to "panic" after the first cases of swine flu were reported in the country, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More  Protesters Call For Extradition Of Neda Doctor A group of Iranian women staged a protest today in Tehran, in front of the British embassy, calling for the extradition of an Iranian doctor, Arash Hejazi, who tried to save Neda Agha Soltan’s life after she was shot during a June protest in the Iranian capital. More John Limbert, a veteran U.S. diplomat and former hostage held in Iran for 444 days, has reportedly been appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. More  Pakistani Officials, Experts Deny Arsenal In Danger Pakistani officials have reacted harshly to a recent U.S. media report that questioned the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. Pakistani experts don't discount the threat extremism poses to the stability of the nuclear-armed Muslim state, but express confidence that adequate measures are in place to ensure that Pakistan's nukes remain in safe hands. More  Moldova Keeps Fighting For Attention Regardless of how the current political standoff plays out, the Alliance for European Integration has a window of opportunity to push ahead with real reforms and set Moldova on the path of democratic and economic development. But it needs the active support of the international community to do so. More  When The Wall Fell, Asia Rose The 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall helped transform global geopolitics by triggering the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. But it also set in motion Asia’s dramatic economic rise -- the speed and scale of which have no parallel in world history. More |
