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| Features  Iran's Regional Money Bags The disclosure that Iran has been passing large sums of money in plastic bags to an aide of the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has caused consternation in Washington D.C., where it is seen as evidence of the Islamic republic's malign influence. More  Ukrainian Opposition Condemns Ex-Minister's Arrest In Prague Controversy surrounding the arrest of a former Ukrainian minister in the Czech Republic last week is raising new questions about the new government, which says the charges against him and other allies of the former prime minister are part of a campaign against corruption. More  Russian Award Winner Urges Journalists To 'Stand Together' Ilya Barabanov, a young investigative journalist for the magazine "The New Times," one of Russia's few opposition-minded publications, last week received Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) Peter Mackler Award For Courageous And Ethical Journalism. Barabanov talked about exposing corruption in the ranks of Russia's notorious riot police and standing firm with those same police demanding to know his sources. More  Russian Musicians Play Their Part On Both Sides Of Political Divide Like thousands of Russians who in recent years have abandoned civic complacency in favor of civil engagement, some of the country's best-known musicians have changed. More Azerbaijani State TV Airs Opposition Sex Video Two weeks before parliamentary elections, the pro-government television channel Lider has aired a secretly filmed video of an opposition newspaper editor and a woman having sex. More A restored monument to those who participated in the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster cleanup was officially unveiled today in the southern Russian city of Azov. More  Tajik Crackdown On Religious 'Schools' Twenty underground religious schools with a total of 189 students have been discovered over the past week in Tajikistan's southern Khatlon district alone. More  Activists Protesting Moscow Hotel Construction Arrested Moscow police have arrested five activists protesting the construction of a new seven-story hotel in the Patriarch's Ponds district. More  Jailed Iran Lawyer 'Ends Hunger Strike' Jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been visited by her sister and has called off her month-long hunger strike. More  'Tehran Is Unbearable Without Khamenei' Blogger Hadi Sajadpour from “The Notebook Without Lines” is longing for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to return to the Iranian capital from his visit to Qom. More  Deputy Prosecutor Lambasts Caucasus' Police On October 25, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor Ivan Sydoruk lambasted law enforcement, military, and security personnel in the North Caucasus, affirming that unprofessionalism, inefficiency, and corruption within their ranks is playing into the hands of the Islamic insurgency. More  Meet Kabardino-Balkaria's New Cabinet Second-term president of Kabardino Balkaria, Arsen Kanokov has reshuffled his cabinet. But, due to a rosier economic outlook, the change is not as drastic as expected. More  How WikiLeaks Makes Confrontation With Iran More Likely WikiLeaks will indeed "change" opinions. But they should not alter them in the pacifistic way Assange desires. More |
