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Picks Murderer Of Chechen Girl Gunned Down In Moscow Former Russian Army Colonel Yuri Budanov, who was convicted of murdering 18-year-old girl Elza Kungayeva a decade ago, was shot dead on June 10 in the Russian capital. Budanov was shot several times in the head in the center of Moscow by an unidentified assailant who then fled in a car. More   Features U.S. Troops Look Set To Stay In Iraq Beyond 2011 Could some U.S. forces remain in Iraq after this year's December 31 pullout date? Increasingly, the answer looks like yes. More   'There Is A Nation Here That Wants Freedom' -- Eyewitness To Yemen Brutality Tells His Story Friday is a day of prayer in the Muslim world and one that in recent weeks has often seen heightened protest activity across the Arab world. As a doctor, Hamza al-Shargabi has helped dozens of people wounded in the unrest in his native Yemen, and he recalls one violent Friday protest that nearly cost him his life. But Shargabi challenges the idea that his homeland is on the verge of civil war. More   A Year After Kyrgyz Clashes, Some Signs of Peace In Ordinary Life It isn't hard to find anger still simmering in many corners of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. But in theaters, schools, and even the marriage bureau, there are plenty of signs that Kyrgyz and Uzbeks are bridging the divide left by last year's violence. More   News Convicted Colonel Killed In Moscow A Russian ex-army officer jailed for the murder of an 18-year-old girl in Chechnya in 2000 has been shot dead in Moscow. More   Russia Agrees To Rescind EU Ban Russia has agreed to lift a ban on imports of fresh vegetables from EU countries -- once it receives EU guarantees they are safe. More   In Osh, Kyrgyz President Calls For Harmony As Anger, Bitterness Are On Display Kyrgyzstan's president has appealed for harmony in her Central Asian country as it marks the first anniversary of a deadly wave of violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and minority Uzbeks. Her appearance was not greeted with universal approval. More   From Our Bureaus Uzbek Police Arrest Activists Marking Unrest In Kyrgyzstan Uzbek police today detained 15 rights activists staging a protest outside the Kyrgyz Embassy to mark last year's violence between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan. More   Protesters Demand Greater Role For Russian In Tatarstan's Schools Some 40 people have demonstrated in front of Tatarstan's parliament in Kazan to demand greater rights for the Russian language in the Russian republic's schools. More   Russians Rally Against Gas Price Hike Some 500 people staged a protest in the south-central Russian city of Izhevsk against the rising price of gasoline. More   Two Kidnapped Tajik Boys Released Two Tajik schoolboys kidnapped and taken to neighboring Afghanistan last week have been released and returned to Tajikistan without a ransom being paid. More   EP Raps Ukraine Over 'Selective Justice' The European Parliament has warned Ukraine to stop using criminal law as an instrument of pressure on the opposition. More   Groups Urge UN Action Against Iranian Rights Abuses Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and four human rights organizations have jointly called on the UN Human Rights Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to more actively defend human rights in Iran. More   Tajik Regional Officials Ordered To Read More Books Officials in southern Tajikistan have been ordered to enroll at local libraries and read more books. More   Transmission Tom De Waal: The Chances For Peace In Nagorno-Karabakh With an upcoming summit in Kazan on June 25, the festering Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is back in the spotlight. More   The Power Vertical The Powerless Vertical More   Persian Letters Alleged Iranian Agent Who Infiltrated Opposition Claims He Met With Hillary Clinton Iran's Intelligence Ministry has claimed it infiltrated the Iranian opposition outside the country and prevented a plan to create what has been described as a "government in exile" supported and promoted by Iran's enemies. More   Chaikhana Mr. Rahmon Goes To Europe Tajik President Emomali Rahmon was recently touring Europe but few seemed willing to meet with him. That was too bad for European officials, since Rahmon had an interesting comment. More   The Blender Podcast: Impressions Of Osh, One Year After Deadly Violence; Under The Bridge In Kabul In this week's show, correspondent Daisy Sindelar has the story of two neighbors in southern Kyrgyzstan. Both women -- a Kyrgyz and an Uzbek -- lived through the brutal ethnic violence that erupted one year ago. For both, sadness and suspicions have yet to fade. More   Gandhara Do Pakistan And Afghanistan Really Trust Each Other? It would be simplistic to expect Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, to resolve all these problems. In fact, they lack the power and resources to implement meaningful domestic reforms or to pull off a major regional breakthrough. More   Video Archive Thomas de Waal on Nagorno-Karabakh An expert on Caucasus security affairs Thomas de Waal's short interview on Nagorno-Karabakh talks. More   Photo Gallery Archive Osh Commemoration Ceremonies Pictures from the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, where commemoration ceremonies have been held to mark the first anniversary of ethnic clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, which left 470 people dead. More