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3/18/2011 9:01:20 PM
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Experts Deny Russia's 'Safe' Nuclear Reactor Claims
As Japan's deepening nuclear crisis prompts global debate about the safety and sense of atomic power, Russia is pressing ahead with plans to build new nuclear power plants at home and abroad. The government promises its atomic power designs are completely safe, but experts say that's just not true. More 
Obama Says 'Qaddafi Has A Choice' Or UN Force Will Take Military Action
U.S. President Barack Obama has warned Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi that he faces military action if he doesn't fully comply with a United Nations resolution backing a no-fly zone over Libya. More 
EU May Widen Belarus Sanctions
The European Union is gearing up to widen its sanctions on Belarus, in the wake of an ongoing crackdown on government opponents. The expected move follows the bloc's decision in January to place sanctions -- including a travel ban and asset freeze -- on President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and more than 150 others. More 
Japan Raises Severity Level Of Nuclear Crisis
Sirens and a moment of national silence in Japan today marked the one-week anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that has killed an estimated 10,000+ people and left more than a half a million homeless. More 
Ex-Kyrgyz Official Sues Over Clashes Report
A Kyrgyz parliamentary deputy is suing the chairman of a commission that investigated last year's deadly ethnic clashes. More About 250 Russian opposition activists in the western city of Saratov have protested the official results of this month's regional elections that handed victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party. More 
Iran 'Carries Out More Secret Executions' At Site Listed In UN Report
A U.S.-based rights group says Iran has carried out 10 secret executions this month at a prison where the practice was criticized in a recent UN report. More 
Kyrgyz Defense Ministry To Extend Reserve Military Service
The Kyrgyz Defense Ministry will continue the Reserve Military Service (PMR) scheme launched in 2008. More 
Pakistanis Rally Against U.S.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Pakistan, chanting slogans against the United States, to protest the release of a CIA contractor who was accused of murdering two Pakistanis. More 
Belarusian Seeks Czech Asylum
A former Belarusian presidential candidate who fled the country this week after claiming he was tortured in jail has applied for asylum in the Czech Republic. More 
Trial Of Kyrgyz Ex-Prez Resumes
The trial of 28 former top Kyrgyz officials -- including ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiev -- resumed today in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. More 
More Iraqi Deputies Criticize Kurdish Peshmerga Deployment
Arab and Turkoman politicians in Iraq say the deployment of Kurdish Peshmerga forces to the disputed Kirkuk region is aggravating ethnic tensions in the oil-rich province. More 
Iran's Future President 'Chosen By God'
Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has said that his successor has already been designated by God. More 
Turkmenistan Claims Gain In Grain But Quiet On Cotton
Turkmenistan has claimed another first, with an official report that it has joined the ranks of grain exporters. But will these claims of record harvests prove as inflated as earlier reports on cotton? More 
Ramzan On A Roll
The primary impediment both to Ramzan Kadyrov's aspirations for pan-regional power and to Medvedev's hopes for peace in the North Caucasus is of course the ongoing low-level war of attrition between federal and local police and security forces and the Islamic insurgency. More 
Podcast: Rumsfeld Reflects; WikiLeaks Speaks; Uzbekistan Declares War On Rock 'N' Roll
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