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6/2/2011 7:44:04 PM
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Features
The Sensational Story That Wasn't: Reports Of 'Stoning' Death Of Ukrainian Girl Turn Out To Be False
A Ukrainian tragedy sparks alarming news reports around the world of a Shari'a-crazed killer stalking a young woman because of her lifestyle. As it turns out, there's not truth to those headlines. More 
RFE/RL Marks 60th Anniversary Of Czechoslovak Service
Sixty years ago, Radio Free Europe went on the air with its first broadcast service. The target country was Czechoslovakia, and this year many of those who listened to the broadcasts are marking the anniversary. More 
Policemen Sentenced Over Dink Murder
A Turkish court today handed down jail terms of between four and six months to a group of paramilitary policemen for negligence over the 2007 murder of a prominent ethnic Armenian journalist. More 
Shoppers Unfazed As Russia Bans EU Vegetables
Russia has banned the import of fresh vegetables from all European Union countries because of a deadly E. coli bacterial outbreak centered in Germany. Russia's public health chief said the ban would remain in place until EU researchers were able to identify the cause of the outbreak, which has already killed at least 17 people. More 
Ex-Belarusian Presidential Candidate Says Family 'Under Pressure'
Former Belarusian presidential candidate Ryhor Kastusyou says the authorities are doing everything to "turn my family into beggars." More 
Leader Of Belarusian Poles In Vitsebsk Flees To Poland
The local head of an embattled Polish cultural organization in eastern Belarus has fled to Poland fearing possible arrest. More 
Ex-Kyrgyz Minister Apologizes For Not Preventing Ethnic Clashes
Former Kyrgyz Interior Minister Bolot Sher today apologized to the country for his role in not preventing the deadly clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan last year. More 
Tajik Policemen's Murder Trial Postponed
The trial of two former police officers charged with beating a Dushanbe resident to death opened today but was immediately adjourned. More 
Striking Kazakh Oil Workers Picket Governor's Office
Hundreds of striking oil workers in western Kazakhstan rallied today outside a regional governor's office to demand higher wages and the immediate release of a jailed trade union activist. More 
Tajiks Ban 'Public' Hunger Strikes
The lower house of the Tajik parliament has voted to ban hunger strikes in public places and in front of government buildings. More 
Second Kazakh Suspect held In UAE
Kazakhstan's Financial Police announced today that a second Kazakh citizen suspected in a high-profile smuggling case has been detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). More 
Iran: Funeral Mourners 'Detained'
A number of people who attended the funeral of a prominent Iranian dissident on June 1 are reported to have been taken into custody. More 
New Charge For Jailed Kazakh Activist
A jailed Kazakh trade union activist, who was due to be released, has had a new criminal case launched against her. More 
'The Nation’s' Dissident Problem
The Polish anticommunist hero and Solidarity co-founder Lech Walesa declined a meeting last week with Barack Obama on the Polish leg of the president's European trip. "It's difficult to tell journalists what you'd like to say to the president of a superpower," Walesa told Polish broadcaster TVN24. "This time I won't tell him, I won't meet him, it doesn't suit me." More RFE-produced video honoring the 60th anniversary of the first RFE broacasts to Czechoslovakia from Munich; for SAIS/CZ Embassy event on June 2, 2011 More The Tigris River supplies Baghdad with drinking water, provides fishermen with a livelihood, and irrigates farmers' fields. But as pollution from industrial and urban waste continues unchecked, the Iraqis who rely on the river are feeling the impact. More |
