 RFE/RL Headlines 5/13/2010 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  UN Says Plight Of Many Displaced Iraqis Worsens The UN refugee agency says that even as the security situation in Iraq improves, the situation of many displaced people in the country is worsening. More  Interview: Journalist Says Liberty Prize Belongs To All Iranians Fighting For Democracy Akbar Ganji is a prominent Iranian journalist and writer who was jailed in the Islamic republic for six years because of his criticism of the Iranian establishment, his exposure of a state role in the assassination of dissidents, and his efforts toward advancing democracy in Iran. More  Cyrillic Domain Names Become Operational On The Internet Internet domain names using Cyrillic characters have begun working after the world governing body for Internet domain names officially delegated the .рф domain to Russia. More  UN General Assembly To Pick New Members To Rights Body, As Criticism Grows Fourteen countries are running unopposed for seats on the UN Human Rights Council -- a prospect greeted by human rights groups with dismay, on account of some of the candidates' dubious rights records. More  Bakiev Supporters Take Over Government Building In Osh Kyrgyzstan's interim government faces its most serious challenge since taking power last month, with supporters of ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev occupying regional government buildings in all three southern provinces, forcing provincial governors to flee. More  Iranian Sufis 'Attacked By Militia' Iranian militiamen have raided a Sufi house of worship in the northern city of Karaj. More About 500 scientists and scholars in St. Petersburg staged a protest today to demand the government give greater support to Russian science. More  U.S. Reiterates Concern Over Arrest Of Transdniester Journalist The United States has reiterated its concern for a journalist held in Moldova's separatist Transdniester region on charges of high treason, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. More  Crimean Tatars In Germany Make Appeal Crimean Tatar organizations in Germany have sent an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych urging him to "protect Crimea's indigenous people from discrimination." More  Azeri Evacuations Due To Massive Floods More villages in southeastern Azerbaijan have been evacuated as flood waters continue to spread. More  Karabakh Army Chief Dismisses Threats The top military commander in the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh has brushed aside Azerbaijan's continuing threats to take back the disputed region by force. More An explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in the Russian republic of Tatarstan has killed two and injured 11. More  UN Women's Organization Working With IDPs In Georgia The head of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is in Georgia to help female internally displaced persons (IDPs) and meet with women's organizations. More  Former Armenian Teacher Pleads Guilty In Sex Abuse Trial A former teacher at a Yerevan school for children with special needs has admitted to sexually and physically abusing his students in a high-profile trial, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More  Minsk Officials Order Church To Pay 'Ecological Fine' Minsk city officials have ordered an embattled evangelical church to pay a $100,000 fine for damaging the environment. More  Sochi Residents Caught In Russian Olympic Relocation Hundreds of residents of the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi are being relocated to make way for the construction of new facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics. More  Tajik President Puts State Body In Charge Of Religious Affairs Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has reinstated the State Committee on Religious Affairs to oversee the country's religious organizations, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Explosion On Uzbek Bus Kills Six At least six people were killed and several others injured when a bus exploded in Tashkent on May 11, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. More  Reading Langston Hughes In Turkmenistan Some fine storytelling in the "Literary Traveler." A Peace Corps volunteer hears a Turkmen boy reading a Langston Hughes poem and wonders why. More  Strikes Reported Over Kurdish Executions Opposition sources are reporting a general strike today in several cities in Iran's Kurdistan, including Sanandaj, Saghez, Mahabad, Bukan, and Baneh. More  TV Journalists In Ingushetia Resign En Masse Over 40 television journalists employed by Ingushetia's Committee for State Radio and TV have submitted their resignations to protest what they describe as the "unhealthy working atmosphere" under Tamara Malsagova, whom Ingushetian President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov named to head the committee last year. More  Putative PM Candidate Slain In N.Caucasus Fral Shebzukhov, whom Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic President Boris Ebzeyev is said to have nominated as the republic's next prime minister, was gunned down on the street in Cherkessk yesterday evening by three masked men. The killers managed to escape. More  Breaking The Impasse On Russia's WTO Bid Vladimir Putin has emphasized repeatedly since the beginning of his presidency that opening up Russian markets to competition and adopting WTO rules are the only path to stimulating innovation and attracting investment to Russia's decaying industry. More  Iran Offers Tajik-Uzbek Mediation Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in Dushanbe today that Iran is ready to try to alleviate tensions between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at their request. More |
