 RFE/RL Headlines 2/25/2010 6:18:42 PM A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| News  Pakistan Open To Taliban 'Extradition' Pakistan has said it would examine a request from the Afghan government to hand over a top Taliban commander in its custody, but also said he could be put on trial in Pakistan. More  Turkey Edges Toward Internal Confrontation With charges filed against military officers accused of trying to topple the Islamist-rooted government, Turkey moves closer to an internal showdown. More  Luger To Sell Olympic Suit To Help Kumaritashvili's Family Australian luger Hannah Campbell-Pegg is auctioning her Olympic race suit on eBay to raise money for the family of Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili. More  Russia Starts Work On Baltic Nuclear Plant Russia has begun work on a new nuclear power station just 20 kilometers from Lithuania's border, a move that has local residents and ecologists worried. More  Sunni Party Ends Iraq Poll Boycott The party of a prominent Sunni Muslim politician banned from taking part in Iraq's March election has decided not to boycott the poll, easing fears that other Sunni groups would also stay away. More  Medvedev Decries 'Endless' NATO Growth Russia's new military doctrine does not identify NATO as its major threat but Moscow is disturbed by the alliance's "endless enlargement", President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published today. More  Indian, Pakistani Envoys Meet The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met formally today for the first time since official dialogue was broken off in the aftermath of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. India hailed the talks as a "first step" toward rebuilding trust. More  Clinton Sees Support For Iran Sanctions U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says a new package of sanctions against Iran could come up for a vote in the UN Security Council in as little as one month's time. More  Yanukovych Sworn In As Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych's inauguration ends this month's disputed election, but not Ukraine's longstanding political crisis. More Defendants In Kazakh-Israeli Military Case Sentenced A Kazakh military court has found former Deputy Defense Minister Kazhimurat Mayermanov and Israeli businessman Boris Sheinkman guilty of corruption and sentenced them both to 11 years in prison. More  Polish FM Meets Lukashenka Over Row Poland's foreign minister has met with Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to discuss the dispute over Minsk's treatment of its ethnic Polish minority. More An Iranian journalist who writes for a reformist daily has been detained and taken to Tehran's Evin prison, her sister said. More  Armenia Bill Could Void Turkey Protocols Armenia's National Assembly has passed a bill that will make it easier for Yerevan to abandon two protocols on establishing diplomatic relations with Turkey. More  Euro Delegation To Minsk Amid Polish Row A European Parliament delegation is due in Belarus today for a three-day fact-finding mission. More  Tatar Independence Activist Sentenced A leader of Tatarstan's pro-independence movement has been found guilty of fomenting interethnic hatred via the media. More  Kyrgyz Protest Electricity Price Hike Some 600 people in the central Kyrgyz city of Naryn have protested against a price increase for electricity. More  Listen In On Iranian Strong-Arming RFE/RL's Radio Farda has obtained an audio recording that offers disquieting insight into the methods being employed by Iranian officials during the current clampdown. More  Plushenko Denies Platinum Claim It's been widely reported that Evgeni Plushenko's silver medal in Vancouver apparently isn’t what he wished for. More It's always been one of the European Parliament's most delicious ironies that many of its members are dyed-in-the-wool Euroskeptics. More  Letters From Afghanistan Starting February 24, the Library of Congress is running a multimedia exhibit displaying some of the thousands of hand-painted scrolls and letters received by Afghanistan's most popular radio station, RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. More  The Rundown - February 25 A comprehensive review of news and opinion on RFE/RL's broadcast region. More  As Armenian Capital Gets Face-Lift, Many Lose Their Homes As the Armenian capital replaces its drab Soviet-era cityscape with sleek new shops, boutiques, and cafes, longtime city residents are being forced from their homes with little compensation. More  A Marja Is Not A Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest Shi'ite authority, doesn't issue political or legal orders, he just gives advice. But many Shi'a in Iraq and Iran follow him -- and not because he is an official "supreme leader." More |
