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12/17/2010 7:07:51 PM
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As Belarus Votes, World Outside Settles On Lukashenka As The Devil It Knows
As Belarus heads to the polls, Moscow, Brussels, and Washington appear to have rallied around Alyaksandr Lukashenka as the least bad option. More 
EU Report Warns Against Losing Ground With U.S.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton warned today that the United States will turn its back on the trans-Atlantic relationship unless the bloc develops a coherent foreign policy. Ashton issued the warning in a paper on EU-U.S. relations that was presented at an EU summit meeting in Brussels. More 
Artists, Writers, Actors Appeal To Medvedev Over Khodorkovsky Case
Dozens of prominent writers, actors, artists, and human rights activists in St. Petersburg sent an open letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today urging him to protect former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. More 
Azeri Villagers Protest Hijab Ban
Several thousand people taking part in an Ashura ceremony in a village near Baku have protested a ban on the wearing of hijabs in schools. More 
Ukraine Parliament Brawl Results In Calls For Speaker's Dismissal
The two opposition factions in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada have called for the dismissal of the parliament speaker and an investigation by the Prosecutor-General into the bloody brawl that erupted in the parliament chamber on December 16. More 
Russian Communists Protest
Communists in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk started what they say will be a three-day protest today to highlight social and economic problems in the region. More 
New Appeal For Jailed Iranian Lawyer
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has issued a fresh appeal for Tehran to release jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. More 
Nemtsov Plans To Sue Putin
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov says he and his colleagues plan to sue Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. More 
Former Kyrgyz Officials' Trial Postponed
The trial of two former Kyrgyz officials in connection with unrest in the south of the country in May has been postponed until next week. More 
Gas Chief Named Yerevan Mayor
Yerevan has a new mayor, a week after the Armenian capital's top official resigned following allegations he beat up a member of the president's staff. More 
Moldovan Journalist Jailed
A court in the breakaway Transdniester region has sentenced a Moldovan journalist to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of spying for Chisinau. More 
Lukashenka's Election Ice Capades
How do you sabotage the opposition on election day? Bring out the weapons of mass distraction! Here's how, from permanent President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's ever-open text book: schedule election day (Sunday) for the peak of winter, when people are getting ready for the holiday season. More American journalist Robert Wright is a prize-winning author of books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, and religion and is the co-founder of Bloggingheads.tv, a platform for dialogue. More 
Don't Believe Everything You Hear About Turkmenistan
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Daghestan's President Tries To (Re)Make History
On December 15, a congress of Daghestan's various nationalities took place in the capital, Makhachkala, which the republic's authorities touted as the third such congress in Daghestan's recent history. More 
Is Pakistan Looking The Other Way On U.S. Drone Strikes?
Authorities in Pakistan claim two U.S. missile strikes have killed dozens of suspected militants in the Khyber tribal agency, close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. More |
