Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 12 July 2010

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RFE/RL Headlines
7/12/2010 6:30:35 PM
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Features

A Game No More In Pakistani Pashtun Village A Game No More In Pakistani Pashtun Village
After a suicide bombing at the start of the year killed more than 100 people playing and watching a volleyball game in Shah Hassan Khel, a tiny village in northwestern Pakistan, residents appear more emboldened than ever to resist the Taliban. More
 
Conservationists Wage A Different Fight In Iraq, Afghanistan Conservationists Wage A Different Fight In Iraq, Afghanistan
As instability and conflict continue to plague Iraq and Afghanistan, a small and often forgotten contingent of conservationists continues their work on the ground. Their goal is to safeguard threatened natural resources, and to broaden people's associations in the process. More
 
A Tajik Peace Recipe For Kyrgyzstan? A Tajik Peace Recipe For Kyrgyzstan?
If the Kyrgyz interim government is looking for an immediate example of how to get the mending process going, it need not look any farther than its southern neighbor, Tajikistan. In 1997, following the end of a five-year civil war, Tajikistan faced a similar test. More
 
Top U.S. Human Rights Diplomat: 'Democracy Takes Time' Top U.S. Human Rights Diplomat: 'Democracy Takes Time'
Following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip last week to Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus, RFE/RL’s Washington correspondent Heather Maher asked Michael Posner, the top U.S. diplomat for human rights and democracy, for an assessment of what Clinton accomplished and of the rights situation throughout the region as a whole. More
 
Serbs Honor Srebrenica Victims With Shoe Memorial Serbs Honor Srebrenica Victims With Shoe Memorial
July 11 is the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, when Bosnian Serb paramilitaries executed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys toward the end of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In an effort at reconciliation in Belgrade, some Serbian activists are preparing their own special memorial to the victims. More
 
News

Srebrenica Massacre Remembered On 15th Anniversary Srebrenica Massacre Remembered On 15th Anniversary
Tens of thousands of people attended a memorial ceremony on July 11 marking the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, when Bosnian Serb paramilitaries executed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys toward the end of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. More
 
From Our Bureaus

Moldovan Leader: Court Ruling Against 'Soviet Occupation' Political Moldovan Leader: Court Ruling Against 'Soviet Occupation' Political
Moldovan acting President Mihai Ghimpu says a high-court decision to annul his decree marking a "Day of Soviet Occupation" was "political." More
 
Kyrgyz Officials Resign To Run In Vote Kyrgyz Officials Resign To Run In Vote
Two deputy chairmen of Kyrgyzstan's interim government have announced their resignations so they can campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections. More
 
Kyrgyz Protesters Block Highway Kyrgyz Protesters Block Highway
Dozens of women have blocked Kyrgyzstan's Osh-Bishkek highway demanding the immediate release ofrelatives who were jailed last month in connection with the country's deadlyethnic unrest More
 
Tajik Official Denies Ties To Company Tajik Official Denies Ties To Company
A Tajik government official who also is the son-in-law of President Emomali Rahmon has denied having any links to a private firm that collects tolls on a major road in Tajikistan More
 
Transmission

The Week In Facebook
RFE/RL presents a Facebook-style summary of last week's events. More
 
The Power Vertical

Let The Spy Games Begin! Let The Spy Games Begin!
Why was Russia so eager to resolve the spy scandal so quickly and amicably? Much of the commentary has focused on the fact that a critical mass of the Kremlin elite sees a lot of value in improved relations with the United States and did not want to damage the reset. But is there more to it than that? More
 
Caucasus Report

Former Armenian Foreign Minister Takes Party Back, Calls For Radical Change Former Armenian Foreign Minister Takes Party Back, Calls For Radical Change
U.S.-born Raffi Hovannisian, who served in 1991-92 as Armenia's first post-Soviet foreign minister, has been elected chairman of the ruling board of the opposition Zharangutiun (Heritage) party he founded in 2002. More
 
Commentary

The Missing Dimension Of Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency Policy The Missing Dimension Of Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency Policy
The Pakistani military’s scattershot security operations over the last eight years have not produced results because they have not been backed by a serious political strategy of development projects in the cleared districts. More