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| Features  Karzai's Political Juggling Act Heads To Washington As Afghan President Hamid Karzai heads to Washington for a four-day visit, his top priority will be to convince Washington to support his plan to reconcile with the very insurgent leaders who have helped organize a complex insurrection against Afghan and U.S. troops. More  Interview: What's On Agenda As Medvedev Heads To Syria? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev travels today to Syria, where he is due to meet with President Bashar al-Assad for talks on economic partnership, military cooperation, and prospects for Middle East peace negotiations. RFE/RL asks Mark Katz, an expert on Russian policy in the Middle East, about what the Russian leader is likely to try to achieve with his visit to the region. More  British PM Gordon Brown Says He Will Resign British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is stepping down as Labour Party leader. More  Latvia Asked To Detain Maksim Bakiev Kyrgyzstan has asked Latvia to detain the son of ousted Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiev. More  Dozens Dead In NW Pakistan Fighting Pakistani officials say at least nine soldiers and 30 Taliban militants were killed in a fierce battle today in the country's northwestern Orakzai region. More  OSCE Denounces Pressure On Media In Belarus The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today expressed concern about recent reports of pressure against independent media in Belarus. More  Iran Gives Shell, Repsol Ultimatum Iran has reportedly given European oil giants Shell and Repsol two weeks to decide on their contracts to develop major gas fields. More  British Coalition Talks Resume The leaders of Britain's opposition Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties are holding a third day of talks on the formation of a new government following the country's inconclusive general election. More Serbia has discovered a mass grave with the bodies of about 250 ethnic Albanians believed to have been killed in the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo. More  Russian President To Visit Syria, Turkey Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is set to begin a visit to Syria and Turkey. More  More Than 70 Killed In Iraq Attacks In the deadliest of today's attacks, at least 11 people were killed and at least 40 wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a marketplace in the city of Suwayrah, southeast of Baghdad. More  NATO Soldier Killed In Afghanistan NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says one of its service members has died in an attack by militants in Afghanistan. More  Rescue Efforts Go On; 31 Miners Dead Rescue efforts are continuing at one of Russia's largest coal mines, where twin explosions this weekend killed at least 32 people and injured dozens more. More  Leaders Hail Plan To Stabilize Euro Officials are hailing a massive rescue plan aimed at stopping Greece's government debt crisis from spreading. More  Kyrgyz Youth To Hold Constitution Forum Kyrgyz youth organizations are planning a forum in the southern city of Osh to discuss the country's new draft constitution, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More  Ayatollah 'Responsible' For Execution The brother of an activist hanged in Iran has blamed the country's supreme leader for his death, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. More  ‘Committee To Protect Ukraine’ Launched The Ukrainian opposition has announced the creation of an opposition movement, the Committee to Protect Ukraine. More  Belarusian Police Seek To Control Rowdy Graduations Education officials say that upcoming high school graduation ceremonies and celebrations in the eastern Belarusian city of Mahileu will be closely monitored by police, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. More  Jailed Kyrgyz Official On Hunger Strike The former head of Kyrgyzstan's presidential secretariat has begun a hunger strike in prison, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More  A Million Flowers For Heydar Aliyev The Azerbaijani capital is hosting its annual Flower Festival to commemorate the 87th anniversary of the birth of the late President Heydar Aliyev, the father of current President Ilham Aliyev. More  'Ahmadinejad, The Liar, Is Our Guest Today' Iranian activists have posted several videos on YouTube that are reportedly from a May 10 student protest at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University against visiting Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. More  Books About Zen, Baha’i Faiths Banned At Tehran Book Fair We reported over the weekend about the banning of some books by Iranian authors at Tehran's Book Fair. More  Official: 'I Consider Musavi An Enemy Of God' Gholam Hossein Elham, a member of Iran's powerful Guardians Council, has reportedly said that opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi is a "mohareb," which means "an enemy of God" or someone who takes up arms against the Iranian establishment. More |
