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| Features  Khomeini Grandson Heckled As Khamenei, Ahmadinejad Warn Reformists The grandson of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was shouted down at a state-organized ceremony commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Iranian spiritual leader's death. The unprecedented scenes came as Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and President Mahmud Ahmadinejad accused the opposition of straying from Khomeini's path. More  EU Promises Pakistan Cooperation, But Free Trade To Wait At a summit with the EU in Brussels, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani failed to make noticeable headway on Pakistan's chief aim -- securing free trade with the bloc. More  Jirga Endorses Taliban Peace Call Organizers of Afghanistan's "peace jirga" say delegates at the Kabul gathering have reached broad consensus that there is no alternative to seeking peace with the Taliban. More  Belarusian Investigator On Hunger Strike In Jail An investigator in the Belarusian Prosecutor-General's Office who was herself arrested three months ago has gone on hunger strike. More  Transdniester Extends Journalist's Arrest By 30 Days A court in Moldova's separatist Transdniester region today extended by a further 30 days the pretrial detention of independent journalist Ernest Vardanean. More  Suspended Sentence For South Ossetian Opposition Journalist A journalist in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of illegal possession of weapons. More  Transport Workers Concerned For Jailed Iranian Labor Activist The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) says it is seriously concerned for the safety of jailed Iranian labor activist Mansur Osanlu. More  Belarusian Activist Sentenced For Avoiding Military Service An opposition activist in Belarus has been sentenced to one year of "restricted freedom" for avoiding military service. More  Russians Protest Police Brutality Over 50 activists in the Russian city of Samara in the Volga region protested today against "illegal actions" by the police. More  Injured Russian Journalist Files Lawsuit Against Police A Russian journalist injured when police forcibly dispersed an opposition protest earlier this week has filed a lawsuit against the Moscow police. More  Bakiev, Rahmon, And 'The Sun' It's a striking example of a world news story worthy of one of Britain's finest tabloids. But "The Sun" missed the mark on one key point. The "Pres" pictured in the breakout is not from Kyrgyzstan, whose leader Kurmanbek Bakiev was ousted in early April, but of Emomali Rahmon, president of neighboring Tajikistan. More |
