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------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH GERHARD SCHRÖDER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Europe Needs to Wake Up' In a SPIEGEL interview, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, 67, discusses the German government's learning curve in the euro crisis and his idea of a United States of Europe. He also addresses allegations that his government helped set the stage for the current common currency woes. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,784357,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIVIDE AND RESCUE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Berlin Lays Groundwork for a Two-Speed Europe Chancellor Angela Merkel has always rejected a two-track Europe. But with the euro crisis persisting, Berlin is now considering far-reaching new powers for the Euro Group -- to the detriment of the European Commission. Could it work? By SPIEGEL Staff http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,784348,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH IMF CHIEF CHRISTINE LAGARDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'There Has Been a Clear Crisis of Confidence' In a SPIEGEL interview, Christine Lagarde, the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund, discusses her fears of a new global recession and calls on industrialized nations to work together to combat the threat of a downturn. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,784115,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RUNAWAY DEBTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doubts Escalate about Greek Rescue Deal Cheap Greek bonds are on offer -- but buyers are scarce. Investors and politicians are increasingly skeptical about the troubled European country's ability to deliver on the strict conditions attached to the latest rescue deal. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,784354,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KEY RULING ON EURO-ZONE AID ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Court to Give Bundestag Bigger Say in Bailouts On Wednesday, Germany's highest court will announce its ruling on a legal challenge against last year's Greek bailout. It is expected to strengthen the role of the German parliament in future euro bailouts. But German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has warned that the move could hamper the rescue fund's ability to act. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,784442,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEUTSCHE BANK PESSIMISM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ackermann Warns of Renewed Financial Crisis Josef Ackermann, the CEO of Deutsche Bank, has said that the current market volatility reminds him of the days immediately preceding the collapse of Lehman Brothers. He also blasted the IMF, saying that calls for the mandatory recapitalization of European banks are "not helpful." http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,784497,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VICTORY FOR SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Merkel's CDU Suffers Setback in State Election The center-left SPD has emerged as the clear winner of Sunday's state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which saw Angela Merkel's CDU receive its worst-ever result in the state. The far-right NPD party has won seats in the state parliament for the second time. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,784333,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-72445.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Germany's Social Democrats Are Back' The center-left SPD is brimming with confidence after Sunday's election victory in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Observers ponder if the party, which suffered a humiliating defeat in the 2009 German general election, is ready for a comeback on the national level. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,784441,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIFE AFTER THE DESPOT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Libya Settles Uneasily Into Life After Gadhafi Moammar Gadhafi may have been toppled, but his presence is still felt in Libya. Rebel leaders are seeking to restore order as the country reinvents itself despite the chaos that still sometimes prevails in Tripoli and elsewhere. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,784369,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAR-RIGHT HUMOR? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neo-Nazi Village Features 'Happy Holocaust' BBQ Jamel, a tiny German village, is well-known for its connections to right-wing radicals. On the eve of elections in the state where the community is located, a journalist ran across a BBQ brandishing the phrase "Happy Holocaust." Was it a tasteless joke or a further symbol of a town that has lost its way? http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,784520,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRUCIAL TIP-OFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ German Secret Service Helped Save Karzai in 2001 A tip-off from Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND, enabled American forces to rescue Hamid Karzai from a Taliban ambush in November 2001, according to previously secret records. The BND had monitored a phone call between two Taliban commanders plotting to capture and kill the future Afghan leader at a meeting with tribal elders. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,784385,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beauty Sleep http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,784524,00.html#ref=nlint
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RFE/RL Central Asia Report
9/5/2011 8:37:49 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.
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Uzbeks Deport Retired Tajik Journalist
A retired Tajik journalist says he has been deported from Uzbekistan on spurious grounds. More 
Tajik Border Guards Dogged By Animal Neglect Allegations
Did Tajik border guards screw the pooch when it comes to the war on drugs? The suggestion that sniffer dogs provided by the United States may have been sold off certainly has Tajik officials on the defensive. More 
Tajik Journalist Forgives Assailants
A Tajik newspaper editor who was attacked on his way to an end of Ramadan celebration says that he has met and forgiven his assailants. More 
Turkmen Get New 'Spiritual Guidebook'
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov will soon release a new "spiritual guidebook" for the country that will replace the long-used "Rukhnama" (Book of the Soul) of his predecessor. More 
Bakiev Nephews Caught On Border
Former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev's nephew has been arrested and charged with using forged documents while trying to leave Kyrgyzstan More 
Kyrgyz Demand Belarus Free Activist
Dozens of Kyrgyz activists have picketed the Belarusian Embassy in Bishkek to demand the release of a prominent Belarusian rights activist jailed in Minsk last month. More 
Father's Death In Kyrgyz Custody Compounds Tragedy, Sparks Outrage
Mamataziz Bizrukov, 63, an ethnic Uzbek, was detained two months ago and charged with murder and robbery during the violent clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in Osh and Jalal-Abad in June 2010. More 
CSTO Moves Into The Information Age
Much of the analysis concerning the Collective Security Treaty Organization neglects significant internal dynamics and perpetuates organizational myths. More 
Treatment Of Journalists In Uzbekistan Follows Familiar Pattern
Another journalist has come under pressure by the authorities in Tashkent, in a fashion that has become familiar to independent reporters who dare overstep boundaries set by officials. More 
Two Kyrgyz Officials Detained For Fuel Smuggling To Tajikistan
Two Kyrgyz officials have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the illegal export of gasoline to Tajikistan. More 
Two Opposition Activists Say Assaulted In Western Kazakhstan
Two opposition activists in western Kazakhstan say they have been assaulted in the western city of Aqtau. More
Activists Support Uzbek Journalist
Dozens of activists picketed the Uzbek Embassy in Bishkek to demand the immediate release of Uzbek journalist Yelena Bondar. More 
Dozens Of Kyrgyz Presidential Candidates Seeking Registration
Kyrgyz presidential candidates must pay a 100,000 som ($2,200) registration fee before taking a mandatory Kyrgyz-language test that all candidates must pass. More
Exiled Uzbeks Protest In Turkey
Dozens of Uzbek exiles picketed the Uzbek Consulate in Istanbul on September 1 to demand democratic changes. More 
Sad Anniversary In Bishkek
This week marked a number of memorable events in Kyrgyzstan, in which people celebrated Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the 20th anniversary of the nation's independence and, of course, the beginning of the new school year. More 
Lost No More
It's always nice to have a happy ending! And we just got one for the story of Husniddin Mashrabov, a Tajik migrant worker stranded for months in South Ossetia. More 
Kyrgyz Police Face Custody-Death Rap
Four police officers in southern Kyrgyzstan have been charged in connection with the death of a Russian citizen who was allegedly severely beaten while in police custody. More 
Kyrgyzstan's Uzbek Schools Set A New Course
As the new school year kicked off on September 1, some 35 ethnic Uzbek children attending the Cholpon school in the district of Kara-Suu in southern Kyrgyzstan began their studies in a whole new language -- Kyrgyz. More 
Russian Official Dies In Tajikistan On Eve Of Medvedev Visit
A Russian security services officer has died in Dushanbe, one day before the scheduled arrival in Tajikistan of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. More 
Kazakh Rapper Forced To Cancel Concert For Striking Workers
Famous Kazakh rapper Takezhan Oteghaliev has been pressured into canceling a concert in support of striking oil workers in western Kazakhstan. More
Tajik Newspaper Editor Assaulted In Dushanbe
The chief editor of an independent Tajik newspaper says he and his relatives were beaten by unknown attackers while going to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. More 
RFE/RL Kazakh Reporter, Rights Activist Acquitted Of Libel
A rights activist and RFE/RL reporter in northwestern Kazakhstan has been acquitted of libel. More 
What The Uzbek President Won't Say On Independence Day
There are some events and names the presidents won't be mentioning in the speeches, and I thought, for the sake of balance, I'd recall some of them. More 
Kazakh Currency Earns Minsk's Confidence
The Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange says that country's national bank has more than doubled the list of foreign currencies it officially wants to get its hands on. In addition to the Polish zloty, Czech koruna, Hungarian forint, Chinese yuan/renminbi, and Israeli shekel, among others, the additions include the Kazakh tenge. More 
Young Tajiks Barred From Eid Prayers
Tajik police stopped young people under 18 from entering mosques on August 31 for Eid al-Fitr prayers celebrating the end of Ramadan. More 
Tajik Bank Co-Owned By President's Relative Ordered To Pay Debt
A Tajik company has won a case against a bank partly owned by President Emomali Rahmon's brother-in-law. More 
Kyrgyzstan Investigates Gold Mine Attack
Officials in northern Kyrgyzstan are investigating the recent beating of three Chinese workers and three policemen at a gold mine. More 
Uzbek AIDS Activist Freed From Jail
An Uzbek HIV/AIDS activist whose imprisonment was widely condemned by international rights groups has been released from jail in Uzbekistan. More 
Tajik Teachers Quit To Protest Wage Arrears
The General-Prosecutor's Office in Tajikistan's Khatlon Province has opened some 20 criminal cases in connection with wage arrears that have caused some teachers to quit their jobs in desperation. More
Alleged Extremist Shot Dead In West Kazakhstan
Authorities in western Kazakhstan say they have shot dead a suspected religious extremist who was plotting acts of terrorism. More 
Author Talks About Kazakhstan's Clan Politics
With the birth of the Kazakh people came strong familial ties that helped forge the nation's politics. This is still the case today, with three clan divisions -- The Great Horde (Uly Zhuz), Middle Horde (Orta Zhuz), and Small Horde (Kishi Zhuz) -- jockeying for influence. RFE/RL Edward Schatz, associate professor with the University of Toronto's Department of Political Science and author of "Modern Clan Politics: The Power of 'Blood' in Kazakhstan and Beyond" talks to RFE/RL Kazakh Service correspondent Galym Bokash about why clan politics matter in modern Kazakhstan. More 
Advisory Body Wants To Name Turkmen President 'Protector'
Turkmenistan's Council of Elders plans to bestow on President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov the formal title "Arkadag," meaning "protector." More 
Ramadan Confusion For Tajik Muslims
Muslims in Tajikistan are not certain when Ramadan will end, and whether they must fast on August 30. More 
Soviet-Era Marijuana Still In Demand
Shared between Southern Kazakhstan and Northern Kyrgyzstan, Chu Valley has been one of the most infamous sources of marijuana in the former Soviet Union for as long as anyone can remember. More 
Kyrgyz Vow Probe After Chinese Mine Workers Beaten
The Kyrgyz government has promised a thorough investigation after three Chinese workers were beaten during a recent protest against a Chinese gold-mining project in the north of the country. More Moscow police say a Kyrgyz citizen shot and wounded four fellow Kyrgyz in a cafe in the Russian capital. More 
Kazakh Inmates' Relatives In Trouble For Gathering At Jail
Dozens of relatives of inmates at a labor camp in southern Kazakhstan have been charged with "illegally gathering" at the jail where they feared the inmates were being mistreated. More 
Slow Death In Kazakhstan's Land Of Nuclear Tests
Twenty years ago, Kazakhstan closed a dark chapter in its nuclear history by officially shutting down the infamous Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in the northeast Kazakh steppe. Over a 40-year period, the Soviet Union conducted more than one-quarter of the world's nuclear tests at the site. Today, locals live with the lasting legacy of the horrendous tests -- birth defects, cancer, and deeply irradiated soil and water. More 
Kyrgyz Release Nationalist Politician
A Kyrgyz nationalist leader jailed for trying to overthrow the government has been released just four months into a four-year prison term. More |
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9/5/2011 8:43:49 PM
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Fears Of Ethnic Tensions Rise In Iran Amid Azeri Clashes, Kurd Offensive
Renewed clashes between protesters and security forces have been reported in Azeri-speaking areas of Iran, amid demonstrations over the drying up of the country's largest lake. The reports coincide with the announcement of a fresh Iranian military offensive against a Kurdish separatist group. More 
What Do Afghans Know About 9/11?
The 9/11 attack on America is the reason U.S. forces occupied Afghanistan. But while Americans see it that way, do Afghans? More 
Author Tomas Sedlacek Explains Why Economics Is All About Morality
For many, the economy functions like a layer of the atmosphere: important, unseen but enigmatic. But now, with the West mired in debt amid a stormy global economy, a newly released book, "The Economics of Good and Evil," tries to bring the subject closer to heart. Author Tomas Sedlacek explains why consumerism is really about conscience, and how ethics can shape our fiscal future. More 
Iran Watching Syria With Increasing Concern
For most of the past five months, the government in Iran has been notably reluctant to criticize Syria, its main ally in the Middle East. But now Tehran has suddenly begun calling upon President Bashar al-Assad's regime to recognize the "legitimate" demands of its people." Analysts say the change in tone is a sign of the Islamic republic's anxiety that Assad's hold on power may be growing shaky. More
Uzbeks Deport Retired Tajik Journalist
A retired Tajik journalist says he has been deported from Uzbekistan on spurious grounds. More 
Belarusian Activist 'Tortured' By KGB
A Belarusian opposition activist says he was subjected to torture while in KGB custody earlier this summer. More
Turkmen Get New 'Spiritual Guidebook'
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov will soon release a new "spiritual guidebook" for the country that will replace the long-used "Rukhnama" (Book of the Soul) of his predecessor. More
Bakiev Nephews Caught On Border
Former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev's nephew has been arrested and charged with using forged documents while trying to leave Kyrgyzstan More
Kyrgyz Demand Belarus Free Activist
Dozens of Kyrgyz activists have picketed the Belarusian Embassy in Bishkek to demand the release of a prominent Belarusian rights activist jailed in Minsk last month. More
Father's Death In Kyrgyz Custody Compounds Tragedy, Sparks Outrage
Mamataziz Bizrukov, 63, an ethnic Uzbek, was detained two months ago and charged with murder and robbery during the violent clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in Osh and Jalal-Abad in June 2010. More 
Serbian Town Seeks To Erect Milosevic Monument
A small town in southern Serbia wants to erect a monument to former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, who died while being tried for war crimes in The Hague in 2006. More 
Dozens Hospitalized After Chemical Leak In Russia
Fifty-five residents in the central Russian city of Chelyabinsk have been hospitalized following a chemical leak. More 
Belgrade Expects Kosovo Boost From Non-Aligned Movement Meeting
On September 5, Serbia is hosting a two-day meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to commemorate the establishment of this group of states in Belgrade exactly 50 years ago. More 
Iran's Dervishes Come Under Attack, Again
A number of dervishes from the Gonabadi Nematollahi order have been detained in Iran in recent days. More 
Iranian Artists Express Concern Over Disappearing Lake
Many Iranians are concerned about the deteriorating state of Lake Orumieh (Urmia), which due to drought and mismanagement is dying and turning into a saltwater lake. More
Tajik Border Guards Dogged By Animal Neglect Allegations
Did Tajik border guards screw the pooch when it comes to the war on drugs? The suggestion that sniffer dogs provided by the United States may have been sold off certainly has Tajik officials on the defensive. More
Treatment Of Journalists In Uzbekistan Follows Familiar Pattern
Another journalist has come under pressure by the authorities in Tashkent, in a fashion that has become familiar to independent reporters who dare overstep boundaries set by officials. More 
Social Media And Ending ‘The Spiral Of Silence’
So, wait, does social networking get people out on the streets or does it keep them at home? More
CSTO Moves Into The Information Age
Much of the analysis concerning the Collective Security Treaty Organization neglects significant internal dynamics and perpetuates organizational myths. More Aleksei Nikitin was a miner in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk who fought for miners' rights and warned of the working conditions. He predicted catastrophe and it happened in 1969, when 20 miners died. The KGB sent him to the psychiatric hospital, and he became officially insane. More In 1932-33 Russia took from Ukrainian villagers all their grain and left them with nothing. Over 3 million people died. In the village of Targan, south of Kyiv, 360 out of 900 houses died of starvation. In one case the parents ate their own son. Aleksandra Avdiuk and her friend Lesia Maslov were kids at the time of the famine. They remember. More A group of dissidents from Lithuania managed to build an ideal shelter for their samizdat. The whole publishing house was placed 7 meters underground. More David Satter, the author of the book "Age of Delirium", contacted dissidents in Estonia and went to talk to them in February 1977. His journey started off as a lark but ended up in confusion. Did he spend two days with KGB agents or Estonian dissidents? More Ildar Isangulov was a Soviet soldier who had a drink with a Polish citizen. Somebody proposed a toast for "all Slavs" but the Pole refused the toast. Ildar was shocked that his Slavic brother refused to drink with him.... More Lithuania was the first country to openly fight for independence. The Soviet leadership, including Gorbachev, accused them of violating the U.S.S.R.'s Constitution. In January 1992 Russian troops took control of key buildings in Vilnius. Soviet tanks began moving to the TV tower and civilians rushed to protect it. Loreta was among them. More Outside St. Petersburg, there is a huge forest. From August 1937 to September 1938, 40,000 people were executed and buried in this forest. The site was uncovered in 1989 through the stories of truck drivers who took people and corpses to the forest. When the soldiers were asked what they were guarding, the answer was "we do not know, it is just a f More On August 19, 1991, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was put under house arrest and a group of communist hard-liners seized power. Muscovites took to the street to defend the White House, where Russian President Boris Yeltsin stood up to the coup. The tanks got the order to move to the square and disperse the protesters, but Alpha group leader Serge More In a small village in Russia, Velikie Luki, a 9-year-old girl, Nina Smirnova, had an accident and was paralyzed in December 1959. Doctors said they couldn't help her and predicted she would die in three days. But Nina said God made her walk again. This miracle attracted the KGB, the villagers isolated Nina, and nobody was allowed to talk to her. At More In Shadrinsk, a small city in Russia, as in any other city of the U.S.S.R., soldiers and journalists were forbidden to tell the truth about the Afghan war. Censorship was so deep in people's mind that mothers did not even talk about their sons killed in the war. More Aleksandr Shatravka and his brother Mikhail could no longer stand the fake reality of the U.S.S.R. They decided to escape and managed to cross the border to Finland. But they fell asleep.... More |
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