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| Features  Iraqi Political Stalemate Raises Security Fears A spike in bloodshed has come against a backdrop of prolonged disagreement between the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, and his principal rival, Ayad Allawi, over who should form the next government following the March parliamentary elections. More  Iranian Band Abjeez Says Supreme Leader's Dismissal Of Music 'Ridiculous' Melody and Safoura Safavi, two sisters from the Iranian band Abjeez (which is Persian slang for sisters), talked about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's condemnation of music as part of a wider RFE/RL interview on the role of music in Iran. Abjeez is known for its rebellious, humorous lyrics, and unique style mixing Iranian soul with world pop. The interview was conducted by RFE/RL correspondent Kristin Deasy. More  Tajik Area Bans Muslim Call To Prayer Local reports say the call to prayer through loudspeakers has been banned in northern Tajikistan as Muslims worldwide ready for the holy month of Ramadan, which starts on August 11 and 12. More  Tajik Ex-Prosecutor's Son Arrested Faizullo Bobokhonov, the son of Tajikistan's former prosecutor-general, has been arrested and charged with taking bribes. More  Iran Digs Graves In Case Of U.S. Attack A former commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards says Tehran has dug mass graves in which to bury U.S. troops in case of any U.S. attack on the country. More  Police Break Up New Khimki Protest Moscow police have broken up another protest against the planned logging of the Khimki forest to clear the way for a highway project. More  Tatar Nationalists Protest In Kazan A small group of Tatar nationalist activists have staged a protest in Kazan against what they say are government attempts to subdivide them. More Dozens of construction workers building a subway in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, have vowed to begin a hunger strike on August 11 to demand three months of unpaid wages. More  Afghans Send Aid To Flood-Hit Pakistan The Afghan aid is made up of 4.5 tons of medicine, a team of 23 doctors, and nine helicopters sent to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province to facilitate recovery efforts in the region. More  Armenia Seeks Long-Range Weapons Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian says the Armenian government plans to acquire long-range, precision-guided weapons for possible armed conflicts with hostile neighbors. More  Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Arrested Igor Chudinov, who was prime minister from 2007 to 2009 under then-President Kurmanbek Bakiev, has been detained on charges that remain unclear. More  Four Jailed In Azeri Academy Killings An Azerbaijan court has handed down heavy jail sentences to four men found guilty of abetting a gunman who shot dead 12 people at the State Oil Academy in Baku last year. More  The Land Of Smoke And Honey It took Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov a while to spring into action as the city choked from the fumes of numerous forest and peat-bog fires ravaging the surroundings of the capital. More  The Fire This Time? Sometimes a crisis like like the wildfires ravaging Russia is cathartic, sparking and focusing the kind of public outrage that forces a government to rethink its policies and priorities. But then again, sometimes it isn't. More  Iran Accuses Exiled Lawyer In Stoning Case Of Financial Fraud Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has said that a human rights lawyer who fled Iran last month, charging that officials were harassing him for his vigorous defense of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, is accused of "financial fraud." More |
