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5/31/2011 9:01:19 PM
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Afghan Women's Prisons Seek To Make Life Behind Bars Less Horrific
Despite a handful of new women's prisons in Kabul and a few other big cities that seek to protect their rights, female inmates in many areas of Afghanistan are kept in separate rooms inside men's jails, watched over by male guards and not far from hundreds of convicted criminals. More 
Slain Pakistani Journalist 'Had Complained Of Threats' From Intelligence Service
Fears have arisen over possible threats by Pakistan's powerful intelligence services after a journalist was found dead following articles about alleged links between the Pakistani navy and Al-Qaeda. More Serbian judges rejected longtime fugitive former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic's appeal against extradition to the UN tribunal hours earlier, clearing the way for an immediate transfer for prosecution in The Hague for alleged war crimes. More 
Karzai Warns NATO Over Air Strikes
President Hamid Karzai has warned the NATO-led force in Afghanistan that launching attacks on Afghan homes in pursuit of insurgents is "not allowed" and that patience with the tactic has run out after a spate of civilian casualties. More 
Oxfam: Fix 'Broken Food System'
Oxfam has warned that prices of staple foods could more than double in 20 years unless world leaders take action to reform what the British charity calls a broken food system. More 
European Court: Khodorkovsky's Rights Violated
The European Court of Human Rights today found Russia guilty of violations in the arrest and first trial of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The ruling follows a request for parole by Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev. More 
Kyrgyz Minister Sacked Amid Protests
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev has dismissed State Property Minister Nurdin Ilebaev in response to a demand by hundreds of protesters in the south of the country. More 
Kazakhs Open Museum of Oppression
A museum documenting political oppression during the Soviet era has formally opened in the central Kazakh town of Dolinka. More 
U.S. Envoy: Kyrgyz Response Surprising
The new U.S. ambassador to Kyrgyzstan has described as "surprising" Kyrgyzstan's reaction to the head of an international commission that investigated last year's deadly interethnic clashes in the south of the country. More 
Tajiks Topple Largest Lenin Statue
Authorities in northern Tajikistan have dismantled what's believed to be the largest Lenin monument in Central Asia. More 
Kazakh Suspect Nabbed In U.A.E.
A Kazakh national wanted in connection with a high-profile smuggling case in Kazakhstan has been detained in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. More 
Kyrgyz Probe Uzbek Border Death
A Kyrgyz public commission has started investigating a deadly shooting on the border with Uzbekistan last week. More 
Turkmenistan Launching Into Space
Turkmenistan's greatest contribution to the galaxy to date has been when its eccentric former ruler, Saparmurat Niyazov, sent a copy of his spiritual guide "Rukhnama" into space via a Russian rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome located in neighboring Kazakhstan. More Many people in Bosnia are welcoming the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the man believed responsible for the worst massacre of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. But relatives of the victims of the Srebrenica killings have found little cause for celebration, even as they welcome the chance to see justice served. More |
