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| Features  Former Taliban Leaders In Afghanistan See Peace As A Long Way Off RFE/RL talks to former leaders of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to gain a greater understanding of what the insurgents fighting the Afghan government and NATO forces would look for in a peace settlement. More  Republican Victories Promise Change In U.S. Foreign Policy -- With A Tea Party Twist Sweeping Republican Party victories in the 2010 congressional elections are likely to have a major impact on the course of U.S. foreign policy. More  U.S. Central Bank: New Stimulus On November 3, the Federal Reserve -- the U.S. central bank -- is expected to announce fresh measures designed to invigorate the struggling American economy, which some economists describe as a high-stakes gamble. More  Former Russian PM Chernomyrdin Dies Viktor Chernomyrdin served as the head of the government under President Boris Yeltsin from 1992 to 1998. More  Democrats Hit Hard In U.S. Elections The U.S. Republican Party has won control of the House of Representatives in midterm national elections that saw angry voters turning against President Obama's Democratic Party. More  Tajik President's Son Appointed To Football Federation Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's eldest son, Rustam Emomali, has been appointed a deputy head of Tajikistan's soccer federation. More  Kyrgyz Activist's Trial Resumes The appeal hearing has resumed in southern Kyrgyzstan for an ethnic Uzbek human rights activist jailed for life in connection with June's deadly ethnic violence. More  Two Kazakh Oppositionist To Campaign Another Kazakh opposition figure has announced plans to run for president in the 2012 elections. More  Kazakh Weekly's Website Blocked The website of an independent weekly in western Kazakhstan has been inaccessible since November 2. More  Russian Celebrities: Acquit Khodorkovsky A group of prominent Russian intellectuals has called on Moscow's Khamovnichesky Court to acquit former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his associate, Platon Lebedev. More  Bear Dies After Mistreatment In Azerbaijan A British tabloid reports a caged, "sad-eyed, starving" bear in the small northern Azerbaijan town of Gabala, has died after being forced to drink cola and eat leftover sandwiches. More  Turkmenistan To Be No. 3 The amount of natural gas in Turkmenistan has never been concretely known, but state agencies and an independent auditing firm say that there is more natural gas than previously predicted. More  Preliminary Chechen Census Findings Unveiled On November 2, Chechnya became the first federation subject to make public the preliminary results of last month's Russian census, but what do the numbers really show? More  Where Turkey Can Help With EU membership off the table for the foreseeable future, Turkey is looking eastward, forging new relationships with erstwhile foes like Iran and Syria. Many U.S. politicians are campaigning with renewed vigor for Washington to welcome a rising Turkey, as an ideal mediator between East and West. More  Episode 3: Talking To Free Keys And Kiosk Radio Farda's chief music producer, Payam Razi, interviews the Iranian rock band Free Keys in Tehran and introduces Kiosk, a hugely popular Iranian band currently on international tour. More |
