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| Features  Following The Tracks Of The 'Disappeared' on Georgia's Abkhaz Border As the world marks the International Day of the Disappeared on August 30, Georgia's tiny Tsalenjikha District, along the Abkhaz-Georgian administrative border, remains fraught with anxiety over the fate of its missing persons. More  The Disappeared: For Bosnian Basketball Prodigy, The Limelight Held No Protection Some 35,000 people went missing during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. One of them was a promising youth athlete with supporters throughout the region. But it wasn't enough to save him. More  Poland Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of Solidarity Poland is marking the 30th anniversary of the Gdansk accords, which gave rise to the Solidarity trade union -- the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc. Solidarity is credited with being a key instrument in the fall of communism throughout Eastern Europe. More  Nine Killed In Russia Home Fire At least nine people have died and one has been seriously injured in a fire at a retirement home in the western Russian region of Tver. More  Twelve Suspected Rebels Reported Killed In Chechnya Twelve suspected militants and two law-enforcement officers have died in a shoot-out in Chechnya in Russia's volatile North Caucasus. More  Colleague Of Missing Ukrainian Journalist Slams Investigation A colleague of missing Ukrainian journalist Vasyl Klymentyev has described the investigation into his disappearance as "a farce." More Police in the western Belarusian city of Berastse detained prominent human rights activist Raman Kislyak today. More A court in the western Siberian city of Barnual has sentenced a local police investigator to five years in prison for fraud and abuse of his official position. More  TV Company HQ In Southern Kyrgyzstan To Be Rebuilt The Kyrgyz government plans to allocate 17 million soms ($365,000) to rebuild the headquarters of the Jalal-Abad Oblast Television Company. More  Tatar Youth Forum Wants To Retain Title Of Republican President A Tatar youth forum has affirmed support for retaining the title of president for the head of the Republic of Tatarstan. More  Ebadi Calls On UN To Take Up Jailed Iranian Journalist's Case Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has written a letter to the UN's high commissioner for human rights in support of jailed Iranian journalist Isa Saharkhiz, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. More  25 Parties Register For Kyrgyz Vote Some 25 political parties so far have successfully registered to take part in upcoming parliamentary elections, according to a Central Election Commission member. More  Hard-Line Iran Daily Calls French First Lady A Prostitute France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has come under attack by Iran's state-controlled media over her support for an Iranian woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. More  Daily Ambitions For the first time in nearly two decades, Tajiks will be able to start their day by leafing through the pages of their own daily newspaper. More  I Have Your Pictures From Osh You were there, at the Ala-Too restaurant on Masalieva Street, I believe it's called, in Osh on March 14. More  Words Of Prayer And Reconciliation For Southern Kyrgyzstan Since the clashes in the south in June between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, officials throughout Kyrgyzstan have been careful when talking about the victims of the violence to avoid any mention of a specific group. That was probably wise. But for the process of reconciliation to take hold, it's necessary to speak about how "Kyrgyz" and "Uzbeks" can find common ground. More  Kadyrov Is Warned: 'You Can Run, But You Can't Hide' Precisely what happened during the fighting early on August 29 in Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov's home village of Tsentoroi remains unclear. But the version promulgated by insurgency websites is far more credible than the contradictory accounts Kadyrov himself has given. More  Turkey At A Crossroads If Turkey cannot find a process of compromise and consensus, much of the progress of recent years could be in danger. More  Russia's 'Federation' Myth Having created a "management vertical" and having destroyed all vestiges of federalism and the first sprouts of local self-government, the Kremlin nonetheless must hang on to the old banner of the Russian "Federation." More  Oh Lord: Why Iran's National Search Engine Will Likely Fail According to various reports, Iran will launch its own national search engine by 2012. More |
