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Features Will The Eurozone Survive? Will The Dollar Strengthen? Economists Gaze Into Their Crystal Balls As the global economy continues its tumultuous ride, RFE/RL correspondents Heather Maher and Jeremy Bransten asked three prominent economists to gaze into their crystal balls and forecast what 2011 may bring. More   Hungary Assumes EU Presidency Amid Questions Hungary faces a major test as it assumes the EU's rotating presidency. Many are worried that a repressive new media law there is a rejection of two decades of democratic gains. More   Worst Blunders By World Newsmakers in 2010 2010 had its share of blunders by newsmakers around the world. Here are the best of the worst. More   News OSCE Discusses Staying In Belarus The chairmanship of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Office (OSCE) says it has started consultations to find a solution that would enable the OSCE to continue its work in Belarus. More   President Orders Kyrgyz Security Shuffle Security Council Secretary Marat Imankulov was relieved of that post and appointed first deputy chairman of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) and simultaneously the director of the counterterrorism center. More   Nemtsov Jailing Draws Criticism Russian opposition and other leading figures have condemned the arrest and jailing of prominent Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. More   Pakistan's PM Meets Opposition Leaders Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani faces the difficult task of restoring his government's majority after a key coalition partner went into opposition. More   From Our Bureaus Tajik Guards Killed On Afghan Border At least two Tajik servicemen have been killed in a gun battle with some 30 suspected drug smugglers who entered the country from Afghanistan last week. More   Georgian Veterans' Protest Broken Up Tbilisi police have dispersed a protest by about 20 war veterans and detained several of them. More   Moldova PM: Chance To End Deadlock Moldova's prime minister-designate says the country's new parliament will be able to elect a president and break a constitutional crisis in the country. More   Russian Regional Leader Blames Insurgency For Scholar's Killing The president of the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has blamed the local wing of the North Caucasus insurgency for the killing of a Circassian scholar. More   One Of Five Jailed Belarus Candidates Released One of the five opposition presidential candidates arrested during mass protests that followed Belarus's election last month has been released from jail, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. More   Kyrgyz Teachers Give Pay Ultimatum A teachers union in Kyrgyzstan has given the government until the end of January to comply with teachers' demand for a fourfold salary increase or face the prospect of a countrywide strike. More   Transmission Grozny In The Holiday Spirit After an unsuccessful search far and wide for a suitably ostentatious tree, Grozny's planners decided to fasten together smaller trees together to produce a massive centerpiece that lacked only a dusting of snow during unseasonably warm temperatures in the area. More   The Year In Facebook RFE/RL presents a Facebook-style summary of 2010. More   Tangled Web Is North Korean Propaganda Becoming More Nuanced? North Korea is continuing its new-media experiments with the launch of the first-ever video on the new homepage of the Korean Central News Agency. More   Commentary Ten Days In Baku That Shook My World Contributor Christel Fricke says her experience in Azerbaijan has given her a better understanding of what it is like to live on the front lines of the wrong life without any ticket of escape. More   Boney M's Bobby Farrell: Gone But Never Forgotten In Former Soviet Bloc As perestroika brought new artistic freedoms to the Soviet Union, Boney M's popularity faded but never completely vanished. Farrell, however, remained a constant, continuing to tour throughout the former Soviet bloc. More   Belarus Crackdown RFE/RL Launches 'Voices Of Solidarity' Project For Belarusian Detainees In a project launched by RFE/RL's Belarus Service, top politicians, dissidents, activists, writers, musicians, and artists read aloud the names of the hundreds of opposition supporters who were beaten and jailed following postelection rallies in Minsk. More