 RFE/RL Headlines 5/3/2010 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  NPT Review 'A Little Unwieldy' For Goals UN headquarters is set to stage the opening of the 2010 nuclear Nonoroliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, with an eye toward building upon the foundations of the 189-signatory treaty. Even before the opening ceremonies begin today, however, an expected speech by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has the issue of Iran's contentious nuclear program stealing the spotlight. On the eve of this year's review, Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Washington-based Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, speaks about this and other key issues. RFE/RL correspondent Nikola Krastev reports. More  Ahmadinejad Blasts U.S., Says Iran Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad today called for states that threaten to use atomic weapons to be punished, a clear reference to a new U.S. nuclear strategy released last month. More  Ukrainian Journalists Chain Themselves To Train In Protest Six journalists from the "Ekspress" newspaper chained themselves to a Budapest-to-Moscow train today in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv to protest restrictions on the independent media. More  $9 Million In Kyrgyz Safe-Deposit Box Kyrgyz authorities say they have found almost $9 million in cash belonging to former Kyrgyz Defense Minister Bakyt Kalyev in a safe-deposit box in a bank in Bishkek. More  Armenian Police Face Abuse Claims Armenian police are facing more torture allegations stemming from a criminal investigation that led to a suspicious death in police custody. More  China Wants Closer Ties With Armenia Chinese President Hu Jintao described Armenia as a "trustworthy friend" and called for a further expansion of bilateral political, economic, and cultural ties as he met with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in Shanghai. More  Video Shows Kidnapped Afghan Envoy A previously unknown militant group has released a video apparently showing an Afghan envoy kidnapped in Pakistan a year and a half ago. More  Milinkevich To Run For Belarusian President The leader of Belarus's main opposition movement, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, said today after announcing his candidacy for president that he sees Belarus's future in the European Union. More Thirty-nine schoolchildren have been hospitalized with apparent food poisoning in the Astrakhan Oblast of Russia's Volga region. More  May Day Activists On Hunger Strike Four Kazakh opposition activists are on hunger strike to protest police action against their May Day gathering. More  Kyrgyz Offer Bakiev Bounties Authorities in Kyrgyzstan are offering rewards as high as $100,000 for information leading to the capture of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiev and fugitive relatives and senior aides. More  'Sedition Leader' Meets His Accusers It must have been an awkward situation: Opposition leader and reformist cleric Karrubi greeting and exchanging small talk with some of the very officials who have so recently described him as "one of the leaders of sedition." More  Jailed Azerbaijani Bloggers Fight Solitude It's been nearly a year since Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli, the Azerbaijani bloggers who discomfited Baku's ruling elite with their political commentary, began their individual jail sentences after being convicted on hooliganism charges. More  Wife Of Missing American Asks For Meeting With Ahmadinejad Christine Levinson, the wife of U.S. citizen Robert Levinson, who's been missing in Iran since March 9, 2007, is requesting a meeting with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad during his visit to New York this week. (The Iranian leader is expected to attend a conference reviewing the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.) More |
