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5/27/2011 7:28:23 PM
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Serbian Village Where Mladic Was Arrested Says He's A Hero
The arrest of Ratko Mladic has made the tiny Serbian village where he sheltered famous overnight. Now some residents say they will rename Lazerevo after Mladic. More 
What Can Serbia Expect In Return For Mladic Handover?
After 16 long years, Serbia has finally made good on its pledge to arrest the world's most-wanted war crimes suspect, Ratko Mladic. President Boris Tadic appears to have some ideas about what it Belgrade can expect in return. More 
Ahmadinejad And Larijani Tussle In An Oil Slick
For years he has treated it with imperious disdain. But now, with his political capital hemorrhaging, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is being subjected to a relentless assault by Iran's parliament with the apparent approval of the country's most powerful cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader. More 
Obama Visit To Poland Could Mark Change In Relations With Eastern Europe
U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to leave his meeting with 20 leaders from Central and Eastern European countries is open to competing interpretations. Some of those attending the summit will undoubtedly be wondering whether this is a case of the president saving the most important item on his itinerary for last -- or of treating their part of the world as an afterthought. More 
Russia Backs G8's Qaddafi Ultimatum
Russia today came to agreement with other countries at the Group of Eight summit that Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi has lost legitimacy and must step down from power. More 
Kyrgyz Group Slams Kiljunen Decision
The Council of Human Rights Defenders of Kyrgyzstan released a statement today criticizing the a move by the country's parliament on May 26 to declare Finnish politician Kimmo Kiljunen "persona non grata." More 
Obama Pledges Belarus Sanctions
U.S. President Barack Obama has condemned the sentencing of five former presidential candidates in Belarus and vowed to pursue new sanctions against the regime of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. More 
Belgrade Court Clears Wartime General Mladic For Extradition
A Belgrade court has ruled Ratko Mladic can be transferred to the UN tribunal in The Hague to stand trial on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. More 
Clinton Urges 'Decisive' Pakistan Steps
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton assured Pakistani leaders of continued U.S. backing at a meeting meant to repair frayed relations after the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. More 
Kazakh Activist Temporarily Freed
Kazakhstan's most prominent human rights activist, who is serving a four-year prison term over a fatal road accident, has been released from a low security labor camp on furlough for the first time. More 
Striking Kazakh Oil Workers Fired
The QarazhanbasMunai Oil Company in Kazakhstan's western Manghystau Oblast today fired eight workers from among the dozens who have been on strike since May 17. More 
Big-Name Armenian Oppositionists Released
Sasun Mikaelian, a former member of parliament, was serving an eight-year jail sentence on charges of organizing mass disturbances after the disputed February 2008 election. He was also found guilty of illegal arms possession. More 
Call To Free Azeri Political Prisoners
A group of Azerbaijani human rights activists and journalists is urging President Ilham Aliyev to release all political prisoners ahead of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. More 
Russian Prison Guards Jailed For Deaths
Eight former Russian prison guards have been jailed for up to 10 years after being found guilty of beating four prisoners to death. More 
Beaten Kyrgyz Conscript Hospitalized
The Kyrgyz Defense Ministry has launched an investigation into the beating of a young recruit in a military unit. More 
Pavlyuk Murder Case In Kazakh Court
Preliminary hearings have begun in Kazakhstan in the trial of three people accused of throwing a journalist to his death from a high-rise building More
Former Kazakh Minister Released
A former Kazakh Health Minister on trial for financial crimes is to be held under house arrest after a court today ordered him released from custody for health reasons. More 
Welcome To The Yurt Of The Future
There is good news for Mongolian nomads on both sides of the Russian-Mongolian border: Your centuries-old traditional dwelling is about to receive a welcome upgrade. More 
Unkind Words About Author Of Int'l Report On Kyrgyz Violence
Kyrgyz lawmakers not only disagreed with the international commission's conclusions about the June 2010 violence (much of them pointing to a significant Kyrgyz role in the violence); some, guided by articles in newspapers in Kiljunen's Finnish homeland, alleged he had not been an objective investigator and in fact may have been bribed to smear the Kyrgyz people. More 
Peace Talks With The Taliban In Turkmenistan?
A ranking member of the Afghan High Peace Council has added a new name to the list of possible hosts for peace talks with the Taliban. He even described it as "one of the most promising." It's Turkmenistan. More 
Podcast: Ratko Mladic Arrested, The Day Many Thought Would Never Come; Dylan Turns 70; Censorship: A Look Back With Laughter
We explore the ramifications of the arrest of the war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic; assess the impact of Bob Dylan's music and poetry on musicians in our broadcast region; introduce "Ear to the Ground," a new monthly music segment; and hear a good story from Kenan Aliyev about his days as a journalist in Baku in the 1990s. More 
Osama bin Mladic
The Serbs have finally solved their "bin Laden problem." When will the Pakistanis? More In an effort to crack down on corruption, authorities in the Russian republic of Tatarstan have started using lie detectors to quiz government employees about potentially corrupt activity. Produced by Gadel Galyamutdinov, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service. More |
