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Features Outrage Over A NATO Dismissal Of Kabul Children's Fears Critics in Kabul say that by suggesting children are as safe in the Afghan capital as in New York or London, NATO's representative has proven he has no concept of the daily fears and struggles of ordinary Afghans. More   Documents Indicate Russian Role In Litvinenko Poisoning London's "Sunday Times" newspaper reports that documents acquired from an unnamed source by Litvinenko's widow, Marina, appear to show the FSB obtained polonium from a Russian nuclear power station in 2006. If real, the evidence would be the strongest to date that Russian special forces were behind the murder of Litvinenko, a former intelligence agent turned staunch Kremlin critic who died four years ago. More   CPJ Honorees Awarded For Courageous Reporting In Face Of Oppression This year's International Press Freedom Awards seek to honor four journalists who have shown exceptional courage defending press freedom in the face of attacks, threats, or imprisonment. More   NATO Prepared For 'Global Threats and Challenges' Following the Lisbon summit, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder spoke with RFE/RL about NATO's new mission statement and the beginning and meaning behind of its new relationship with Russia. More   News Saakashvili, At EU Parliament, Calls For Dialogue With Kremlin Seven years to the day after the Rose Revolution, the bloodless uprising which brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power in Georgia, the Georgian president delivered an impassioned speech in front of the European parliament in Strasbourg, in which he offered the Russian leadership a "deep and comprehensive dialogue." More   North Korea Shells South Korean Island South Korean forces were on top combat alert following one of the most serious border incidents in years with the forces of communist North Korea. More   From Our Bureaus Moldovan Communist Candidate 'Beaten' Former Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has said one of the leading communist candidates in upcoming parliamentary elections was beaten in Chisinau on November 22. More   Uzbeks Sentenced Over Kyrgyz Clashes A court in southern Kyrgyzstan has sentenced 19 ethnic Uzbeks for their involvement in numerous killings along a highway during ethnic clashes in June. More   Beaten Russian Journalist In New Surgery Russian journalist Oleg Kashin, who was severely beaten earlier this month, has undergone further surgery. More   Former Moldovan Leader Refuses To Meet Visiting Saakashvili Former Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has rejected a meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili during his two-day official visit to Chisinau. More   Ukrainians Gain Visa-Free Travel To Israel Ukrainians will be able to visit Israel without visas beginning on February 9. More   Tajik Official: Two More Militants Killed Tajikistan's Interior Ministry says two more gunmen have been killed in Rasht, an eastern district where authorities have been targeting Islamic militants for two months. More   Ukraine Ex-Prez Backs Tax Veto More   'Snatched' Kazakh Newborn Returned A woman has been arrested for allegedly snatching a newborn baby boy from a hospital in the Kazakh city of Almaty. More   Kyrgyz Man Rescued From Abandoned Mine A Kyrgyz man trapped in an abandoned mine for three days has been rescued. More   Lawyer Wants To Meet With 'Hikers' The lawyer for three young Americans accused by Iran of spying says he has not seen two of them since September. More   OSCE Deems Belarus Journalist Death 'Suicide' Forensic experts tasked by the OSCE to review an investigation into the death of a Belarusian opposition journalist have backed the authorities' verdict that he hanged himself. More   Halal Food Facility Opens In Tatarstan The first halal food-production facility has started operating in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. More   Moldova Hails U.S. Senate Resolution Moldova's U.S. ambassador has hailed a U.S. Senate resolution that praises Moldova's democratic progress ahead of general elections on November 28. More   Census Excludes 1 Million Russians Russian officials say more than 1 million people refused to take part in the census held in mid-October. More   Rights Court Agrees To Hear Russian Policeman's Case The European Court of Human Rights in France has agreed to hear a case filed by a whistle-blowing policeman in Russia. More   Tajik Students Return From Iran Some 137 Tajik students who had been studying in Iranian madrasahs arrived in Dushanbe on November 22 after official concerns about their radicalization abroad. More   Persian Letters Female Athlete To Receive Reward For Gold Medal 'Only If Married' Iranian athlete Khadijeh Azadpour, who won a gold medal at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, says that officials told her she would only be given the apartment she was promised as a reward for winning a gold medal if she got married. More   Tangled Web Iran's Bushehr Might Not Be Stuxnet's Target It can be almost impossible to find out who exactly is responsible for a cyberattack. Or even, in the Stuxnet case, what the intended target is. More   A Tree With Roots Mud And Boredom “The New York Times” this week fired the latest salvo in old “is-technology-making-us-stupid” debate with an extended piece looking at how the Internet and other technologies may be ravaging the attention spans of school kids. More   Gandhara Afghanistan: A Safe Haven For Children? NATO’s top civilian in Afghanistan, Mark Sedwill, set off a firestorm this week when he said Afghan children were safer in Kabul than in London. More   The Rundown The Rundown - November 23 More