 RFE/RL Headlines 4/1/2010 7:21:18 PM A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Features  For Moscow's Ethnic Minorities, A Fresh Sense Of Fear Being an ethnic minority in the Russian capital can be a stressful experience even in ordinary times. But after Monday's double attack in the Moscow metro, Moscow residents from the Caucasus and Central Asia are especially on edge. More  News Profile: Who Is Doku Umarov? Since the start of the first post-Soviet Chechen war in the fall of 1994, rebel leader Doku Umarov has risen from a rank-and-file fighter to command a network of insurgent groups across the North Caucasus. More  Iraq's Turkomans Feel New Political Strength Iraq's Turkoman community is feeling new strength after last month's national parliamentary elections, as it could play a decisive role in the forming of a new government. More  UN Rejects Karadzic Delay Appeal A UN war crimes tribunal today rejected an appeal by former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic to postpone his genocide trial. More  China Calls For Talks On Iran China has pledged to continue to work for a "peaceful resolution" of the standoff over Iran's contentious nuclear program. More  Karzai Blames Foreigners For Vote Fraud Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has laid blame on foreigners for widespread fraud during last year's presidential election. More  Medvedev Vows 'Severe' Antiterror Moves Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, on a surprise visit to Daghestan, has said Russia must destroy those behind a series of deadly bombings. More  Car Blast Kills Two In Daghestan Two people were reported killed overnight in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republic of Daghestan when their car believed packed with explosives blew up. The incident follows a spate of deadly attacks. More  Iran Nuclear Negotiator In China Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Said Jalili, is visiting Beijing for talks with Chinese officials about the Iranian nuclear issue. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the six world powers leading efforts to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions are "unified" toward talks on a possible new round of sanctions. More  Name Change Closer For Pakistan's North West Frontier Province Pakistan's parliament today has taken a key step toward renaming the country's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. More  Students In Kyiv Demand Resignation Of Ukraine's Education Minister Hundreds of university students have gathered in central Kyiv to demand the resignation of Education and Science Minister Dmitro Tabachnyk. More  Moscow Police Search Construction Company's Offices The offices of one of Moscow's largest construction and investment companies have been searched by police. More  Georgia Protests Russia Heliport Plans Georgia has protested Russian plans to build heliports in its breakaway republic of South Ossetia. More  Russian Court Jails Caucasians For Interethnic Violence The Supreme Court in Russia's northwestern republic of Karelia today jailed five men from the North Caucasus for starting a fight that was blamed for deadly ethnic violence. More  Armenia Defends Secret Order The Armenian government has upheld the legality of a secret order paving the way for military involvement in the suppression of the 2008 opposition protests in Yerevan More  Ukrainian Police Arrested For Alleged Torture Five police officers in Ukraine's southern Odesa Oblast have been arrested for allegedly torturing detainees. More Russian Teens Get Suspended Sentences For Hate Crimes Three teenagers in the southwestern Russian city of Voronezh received suspended sentences today after being found guilty of committing hate crimes. More  Kyrgyz Activist's Daughter Abducted Police in southern Kyrgyzstan say the daughter of an opposition leader was abducted on March 31 for several hours, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More  Al-Jazeera To Set Up Center In Bosnia Sarajevo's mayor says the international television news network Al-Jazeera will buy a local TV and radio station from city authorities and establish a regional news center in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. More  Russian Police Break Up 'Article 31' Protests Eduard Limonov, a leader of the Other Russia opposition coalition, was among demonstrators detained by police during an unsanctioned demonstration on Moscow's Triumfalnaya (Triumph) Square on March 31. More  Tatar Cleric: Religious Divisions Could Trigger 'Civil War' A senior Muslim cleric has warned against the spread of Wahhabism in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. More A regional court in Russia's Far East has upheld a court decision obliging the Finance Ministry to pay compensation to farmers who lost their land as a result of the Russo-Chinese border demarcation. More  Eldery Russian Rights Activist Assaulted Veteran Russian rights activist Lyudmila Alekseyeva says she probably was the target of a pre-planned attack at a memorial to commemorate victims of the Moscow bombings that killed 39 people. More  Another Musician Takes On The Kremlin The popular rapper Dino MC 47 has just recorded a song, "March 29," that skewers the Kremlin elite and the security services, in the wake of this week's twin bombings on the Moscow metro. More Inspired by "The Atlantic's" mock "World Leaders" Facebook group, RFE/RL presents a Facebook-style summary of last week's events. More  The Rundown - April 1 A comprehensive review of news and opinion on RFE/RL's broadcast region. More  Russian Officer Sentenced For Bullying In Novosibirsk The Novosibirsk garrison court in western Siberia today sentenced an officer to four and 1/2 years in jail for bullying that led to a soldier's suicide. More  Another Opposition Newspaper Shut Down In Kyrgyzstan A Kyrgyz opposition newspaper said it has been ordered by a Bishkek district court today to cease publication. More |
