 RFE/RL Headlines 4/2/2010 5:43:22 PM A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Features  Moscow Mourners Tell Tales Of Lives Lost On March 29, as many as 40 lives were abruptly ended when two suicide bombers detonated bombs in the Moscow subway. The victims included office workers, students, and migrant workers, all brought together on the doomed trains by coincidence and bad luck. More  Wahhabis Launch Conversion Campaign In Bosnia A Wahhabi Muslim organization has launched a campaign in Bosnia calling on non-Muslims to convert to Islam. The group's tactics, which include posting leaflets at Christian churches, have offended non-Muslims. More  Lawsuit Complicates Proposed Sale Of Sarajevo Broadcaster To Al-Jazeera A claim by Sarajevo's mayor that Doha-based Al-Jazeera will buy Bosnia's Studio 99 radio and television station has raised confusion and focused attention on the struggling broadcaster More  Afghan Ambassador To U.S. Says 'Human Capital' Is Key As Washington presses Kabul to take greater responsibility for security and institutions, the Afghan ambassador to the United States says that’s only possible if the country creates leaders and experts first More  Putin Meets Venezuelan, Bolivian Leaders Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold talks with the presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia in Caracas as he makes his first-ever official visit to Venezuela, further deepening ties with South America's leading leftist regime. More  Russian Factory Closed After Lead-Poisoning Cases A court in the central Russian republic of Khakassia has ordered the suspension of operations at a local plant where 10 workers were hospitalized with lead poisoning in mid-March. More Two high-ranking police officers in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok have been jailed for accepting bribes. More  Iraqi Officials Suspended On Disclosure Iraq's anticorruption czar says some 90 officials -- including judges, diplomats, and ambassadors -- have been suspended because they failed to submit financial-disclosure statements. More  Alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir Members Detained In Kyrgyzstan Three alleged members of the banned Hizb-ut Tahrir party have been detained by Kyrgyz security forces in the southern city of Jalalabad. More  New Criminal Code In Force In Tajikistan A new criminal code has come into effect in Tajikistan. More  Taliban Destroys Five Schools In Pakistan Taliban militants destroyed five schools in the Utmankhel area of the Orakzai tribal region in northwestern Pakistan on March 31. More  Orthodox Christians Rejoice, While Catholics Moan In Venezuela Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will lay the cornerstone of a new Russian Orthodox cathedral to be constructed in Venezuela, according to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency. More  New Documents Emerge In Raoul Wallenberg Case New documents have emerged that shed light on the circumstances surrounding the death of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who worked in Hungary during World War II and saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust. More  Chechen Legislators Target Federal Envoy The Chechen parliament has adopted a statement openly criticizing Aleksandr Khloponin, whom Russian President Dmitry Medvedev named two months ago to head the newly created North Caucasus Federal District. More  Celebrating Easter Across The Region From the Balkans to the Caucasus, Christians in RFE/RL's broadcast region are celebrating Easter with local customs as well as traditions that have spread across the Christian world. More |
