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| Features  Prominent Iranian Lawyer's Family Members Held 'Hostage' The wife and brother-in-law of a prominent lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, have been arrested in Iran in what rights activists describe as a "hostage taking" by the authorities. Mostafaei represents an Iranian woman whose execution by stoning was recently postponed following an international outcry. More  Wikileaks' Afghan War Reports Stir Debates On Journalism, Law The release of classified U.S. military reports about the war in Afghanistan by the online whistle-blower WikiLeaks.org is fueling debates about the balance between journalism, national security, and the right of the public to know. More  Interview: Farah Pahlavi Recalls 30 Years In Exile July 27 is the 30th anniversary of the death of Iran's last imperial ruler, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Shah Reza Pahlavi left Iran in December 1978 after 37 years in power. After living in Morocco, the United States, Mexico, and Panama, he went to Egypt where he died in a Cairo hospital in 1981.His wife, Farah Pahlavi, spoke to RFE/RL's Radio Farda about the incidents of those times. More  Former Spymaster Rejects Wikileaks Charges As U.S. Pre-Exit Smear Hamid Gul, a former head of Pakistan's premiere intelligence agency, told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that he does not support the Taliban and accused the United States of using him to ease a disgraced withdrawal from fighting in Afghanistan. He called the leaked documents "fabricated." More In the darkest moments of his life, when it was clear that he would be executed, Vladimir Vetrov did not cower in fear. Instead, he asked his interrogators for a pen and paper and wrote "The Confession of a Traitor," a scorching condemnation of the Soviet system. More  Cameron Throws Down Gauntlet To France, Germany With Backing For Turkey EU Bid Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, has risked the wrath of Germany and France by attacking their antipathy to Turkey's prospective membership of the European Union. More  Iran Condemns New EU Sanctions Iran is condemning stricter sanctions by the European Union, saying they will complicate the nuclear dispute. The EU foreign ministers approved a list of sanctions that go well beyond the measures approved by the United Nations. More  Donors Pledge $1.1 Billion For Kyrgyzstan International donors have agreed to supply $1.1 billion in aid over the next 30 months to help Kyrgyzstan recover from months of political and ethnic violence. More  Afghan War Leak Stirs Intense U.S. Debate As U.S. officials try to contain fallout from Wikileaks' release of reams of secret documents on the war in Afghanistan, U.S. pundits and the public are also having their say. More  Jailed Azerbaijani Blogger's Appeal Rejected An Azerbaijani court has rejected an appeal by a jailed blogger seeking an early release from prison. More  Counterfeit Money Circulating In Tajikistan The head of the Tajik National Bank has warned people that forged Tajik somonis are circulating in Tajikistan. More  Russian Hunger Strike Over Housing Six people have begun a hunger strike in the southeastern Russian city of Samara to protest authorities' refusal to allocate them new homes. More  Karabakh Armenians Buoyed By Kosovo 'Precedent' Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian leadership has welcomed a United Nations court ruling upholding the legitimacy of Kosovo's secession from Serbia and affirmed its applicability to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. More  Controversy Over New Georgian Draft Constitution Continues Georgian opposition parties, legal experts, and NGOs are continuing their last-ditch battle to prevent the formal adoption by parliament of a new draft constitution formulated in such a way as to enable President Mikheil Saakashvili to retain supreme power as prime minister once his second presidential term expires in 2013. More |
