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1/5/2011 8:25:16 PM
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Features
Profile: Slain Governor Laid Life On Line To Combat Extremism
The killing of Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's Punjab Province, has removed one of the country's staunchest opponents of religious extremism. More 
'G-Zero' Seen As Greatest Global Risk
G-Zero -- a world without a clearly defined superpower -- tops the geopolitical risk scale for 2011. According to a report by Eurasia Group, this new political reality will intensify all other top risks for 2011, including the potential for an uncontained economic crisis in Europe, an unwillingness by China to respond to growing international pressure, and provocations from North Korea. More 
Moscow Police Detain More Picketers
At least 10 of the participants were detained during the January 5 confrontations, including Sergei Udaltsov, leader of the Left Front, and Mikhail Shneyder of the Solidarity movement. More 
Ruling Azeri Party Touts 'Young' Base
The ruling Yeni Azerbaijani Party (YAP) has claimed an increase in the number of young people who joined the party last year. More 
Uzbek Activist Sues Over Exit Visa
A human rights activist is suing the Uzbek Interior Ministry for denying him an exit visa to travel outside the country. More 
Kyrgyz Emigration 'Up Sharply'
Kyrgyzstan says emigration from the country rose by 10 percent last year, partly due to the departure of some 40,000 ethnic Uzbeks following ethnic clashes in June in the southern regions of Osh and Jalal-Abad. More 
Overexposed!
Former spy turned Moscow It Girl Anna Chapman had a busy holiday season, launching a full-bore publicity assault showing off both her titian allure and a diversified portfolio of talents. She joined the leadership of pro-Kremlin Molodaya Gvardia youth movement, became the celebrity face of a Moscow bank, and finally broke months of silence when she engaged in her first public interview on the Russian television talk show "Let Them Speak." More 
If Countries Could Choose Their Own Ambassadors…
In honor of Chavez's desire to pick his own ambassador, we've put together a list of ambassadors other countries might choose. More 
'No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Fly'
In a region with a capacious appetite for conspiracy theories, the concept of the politically directed aquatic being is neither as wacky nor as rare as outsiders might think. More 
The Rundown - January 5
A review of international news and opinion on RFE/RL's broadcast region. More 
Bringing It All Back Home
One of the fashionable fields of thought in recent years has been the question of how people innovate. Or, “where do good ideas come from?” More 
The Taseer Assassination And The Tyranny Of Fear
Christian Caryl on why the assassination of Salman Taseer may well be an "epochal" moment in Pakistani politics. More 
Salman Taseer And An Increasingly Divided Pakistan
Majeed Baber discusses the assassination of Salman Taseer and Pakistan's fractured civil society. More 
Democratic Countries Confronting Their Own Creeping Challenge Of Censorship
The murders of journalists in Russia, the jailing of bloggers in China, and the crackdown on the media in Iran regularly remind us that freedom of expression is under duress, even in an era of expanding global communications. However, considerably less attention has been paid to a new, more insidious, threat to this fundamental human right. More |
