 RFE/RL Headlines 4/29/2010 7:20:26 PM A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty RFE/RL is looking for guest bloggers, preferably writing from and about our broadcast region. If you're interested, drop us a line at webteam@rferl.org. |
| Features  What If Sanctions On Iran Don't Work? As the United States lobbies for tougher sanctions against Iran to force it to halt its sensitive nuclear activities, there are doubts whether new sanctions can work -- and questions about what other options are open to Washington. More  Amid Protests, Stalin Posters Pulled From V-Day Celebrations In Moscow Lavish celebrations planned in Moscow marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II have been overshadowed by a controversy over whether to display posters of Soviet wartime leader Josef Stalin. More  For Yanukovych, A Fleet-Footed Dash To Repair Russia Divide Viktor Yanukovych may have been in office only two months, but the Ukrainian president is already moving at breathtaking speed to realign his country with Russia. More  Russian Firm Denies 'Club-K' Missiles Could Be Used By Terrorists A Russian defense manufacturer is marketing a highly mobile missile system that could be hidden in a standard cargo container, but has downplayed concerns that such an easily concealed weapon could become a tool of terrorists. More  Bomber Kills Two Police In Daghestan The Russian Interior Ministry's press service says two traffic police officers were killed and another seven were wounded today when a suicide bomber blew up his car in Daghestan. More A U.S. State Department delegation on adoptions was in Moscow today for talks with Russian authorities. More  Ukraine Signs Awaited Budget Bill Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych today signed a long-awaited national budget bill, which plans for increased spending and a renewal of foreign credits. More  Last Election Debate In Britain British Prime Minister Gordon Brown heads into his last television debate today before next week's general election -- a debate now overshadowed by Brown's unguarded description of an elderly voter as "bigoted" after she challenged him on immigration from Eastern Europe More Animal protection groups say they plan to protest on April 30 against the Romanian government's proposal to euthanize thousands of stray dogs after 11,000 people were bitten in the capital last year. More  Rise Seen In Religious Persecution A new report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom warns that religious freedom across the globe is increasingly being threatened and oppressed by governments in human rights "hot spots." More  Europe Urges Swift Action On Greece Greece's prime minister likens it to a small fire that could get out of control. The head of the OECD compares it to Ebola, one of deadliest viral diseases known to mankind. The message is the same -- action is needed now to stop Europe's debt crisis spreading. More  Georgian Landslide Disrupts Russian Gas Supplies To Armenia Georgia has suspended the transit of Russian natural gas through Georgian territory today following landslides that reportedly damaged the pipeline carrying it to Armenia. More  Improved Tax Collection Cuts Armenian Budget Deficit The Armenian Finance Ministry says government tax revenues jumped nearly 20 percent in the first quarter this year and have slashed the state budget deficit. More  Bombing Suspects Arrested In Russia's Ingushetia The leader of a group of militants suspected of carrying out two recent bomb attacks in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia was arrested today. More  Russian Mayor Taken Hostage The mayor of a town in eastern Russia was briefly taken hostage today by an armed man. More  New Russian Negotiator Visits Karabakh Russia's new top negotiator on issues surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh visited the capital of the self-proclaimed republic today, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More  Armenian Genocide Resolution On Israeli Parliament Agenda Israel's parliament has agreed to again consider a draft resolution recognizing the World War I-era mass killings and deportations of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide. More Dozens of Kyrgyz activists have picketed the Kazakh Embassy in Bishkek to demand an apology from Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev for derisive comments he made about the uprising in Kyrgyzstan. More  Prominent Uzbek Sports Journalist's Trial Opens The trial began today of prominent Uzbek sports journalist Khairulla Khamidov and 14 others charged with activities associated with a banned Islamic group. More  Activists Oppose Iran Bid For Rights Committee A group of women's rights activists in Iran and worldwide has written an open letter to the United Nations opposing the Iranian government's bid for membership on the UN's Commission on the Status of Women. More  Georgia 'Ready To Discuss' Circassia A group of Georgian deputies says it is ready for parliamentary discussion about the 19th-century massacres of Circassians by Tsarist Russian forces in the North Caucasus. More  Tbilisi To Name Street After Kaczynski A Tbilisi official has announced that the city is renaming a street in honor of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski. More  Zhirinovsky Slandered Luzhkov A Moscow court has ordered the leader of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) to pay Mayor Yury Luzhkov and the city council some 1 million rubles ($34,000) for making slanderous statements about them on television. More  Armenian Nationalist Hails Sarkisian A leading member of an opposition Armenian nationalist party today praised President Serzh Sarkisian's decision to suspend the normalization process with Turkey. More  Tajikistan Asks Russia For Suspects Tajik officials have asked Russia to detain and deport 41 people suspected of belonging to the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  My Tajik And American Mothers I have two 61-year-old mothers. My Tajik mother is the woman who give birth to me. My American mother is the woman who hosted me when I lived in the United States. More  Putin As The Most Interesting Man In The Arctic Not only does this report have good footage of Russian Prime Minister VladimirPutin with a polar bear, but it is amazingly frank about the ways Russia has polluted the Arctic. More  The Rundown - April 29 A review of news and opinion on RFE/RL's broadcast region. More  President Of Karachayevo-Cherkessia Dismisses Government Boris Ebzeyev dismissed the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic government on April 28 in line with a directive issued last week by North Caucasus Federal District head Aleksandr Khloponin. More  N. Ossetian President Reconfirmed For Second Term While there is no serious challenge to incumbent North Caucasus President Taymuraz Mamsurov's authority, in light of prevailing political and economic trends across the North Caucasus his second term in office may prove more difficult than the first. More  Websites Of Independent Kazakh Newspapers Inaccessible The websites of two Kazakh opposition newspapers became inaccessible to Internet users in Kazakhstan today. More |
