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10/28/2011 8:31:27 PM
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 Clinton: Pakistan Meetings 'Productive' U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told U.S. lawmakers that she delivered a tough message to Pakistan during her visit last week about cracking down on the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network. But even as she spoke, a top U.S. commander in Afghanistan was accusing Pakistan of looking the other way as militants fire on U.S. forces. More  U.S. Military Waste A Smoldering Afghan Health Issue Pollution from military bases is causing serious health issues for locals living near army facilities in Afghanistan. The problem is most acute in Bagram, where the United States has its largest military base. More  Interview: Economist Hernando De Soto Says Recession A Matter Of Knowledge One of the world's leading economists, Hernando de Soto has been hailed as an innovator who could help reinvent the future of the global economy. He talks to RFE/RL about the world's current economic crisis and his prognosis for the future. More  Training The 'New Europeans' -- The College Of Europe Breeds The EU Elite The College of Europe just might be the most important school you've never heard of. Designed to help foster a common European identity after World War II, it has since evolved into a training ground for European Union officials and boasts a wealth influential graduates. More  Afghan Government Forces Shaky Truce In Tribal Land Dispute It took the threat of military action by the governor of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar Province to get two tribes to stop their bloody land dispute. But the truce between the two lineages of the Pashtun Shinwari tribe is a shaky one.More  Portraits Of Osh: 'All The Men Have Left' More than a year has passed since brutal Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes broke out in southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving hundreds dead and thousands of homes destroyed. With critical presidential elections approaching, attention is once again focused on the south, where there are concerns of a fresh outbreak of violence and a broadening divide from the north. Daisy Sindelar first traveled to the southern city of Osh in October 2010, where she talked to residents, both Kyrgyz and Uzbek, about their ordeals. She recently returned to see how those people's lives had changed. What she found was a city that, resident by resident, was slowly falling apart. More  Portraits Of Osh: What's More Dangerous Than Anger? Desperation More than a year has passed since brutal Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes broke out in southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving hundreds dead and thousands of homes destroyed. With critical presidential elections approaching, attention is once again focused on the south, where there are concerns of a fresh outbreak of violence and a broadening divide from the north. Daisy Sindelar first traveled to the southern city of Osh in October 2010, where she talked to residents, both Kyrgyz and Uzbek, about their ordeals. She recently returned to see how those people's lives had changed. What she found was a city that, resident by resident, was slowly falling apart. More  Portraits Of Osh: The Bottom Drops Out From The Middle Class More than a year has passed since brutal Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes broke out in southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving hundreds dead and thousands of homes destroyed. With critical presidential elections approaching, attention is once again focused on the south, where there are concerns of a fresh outbreak of violence and a broadening divide from the north. Daisy Sindelar first traveled to the southern city of Osh in October 2010, where she talked to residents, both Kyrgyz and Uzbek, about their ordeals. She recently returned to see how those people's lives had changed. What she found was a city that, resident by resident, was slowly falling apart. More  Portraits Of Osh: Betrayed By The State More than a year has passed since brutal Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes broke out in southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving hundreds dead and thousands of homes destroyed. With critical presidential elections approaching, attention is once again focused on the south, where there are concerns of a fresh outbreak of violence and a broadening divide from the north. Daisy Sindelar first traveled to the southern city of Osh in October 2010, where she talked to residents, both Kyrgyz and Uzbek, about their ordeals. She recently returned to see how those people's lives had changed. What she found was a city that, resident by resident, was slowly falling apart. More  In Kyrgyzstan, Fears Of Unrest Rise In South As Presidential Election Approaches The run-up to Kyrgyzstan's presidential elections on October 30 has been largely peaceful. But fears are growing of unrest in the south, where divisions between ethnic communities and political tribes remain deep since deadly clashes last year. Are the chances for violence real or imagined? More  Shots Fired At U.S. Embassy In Sarajevo A suspected Islamist gunman with an automatic rifle has fired shots at the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo. More  Tymoshenko's 'Rights Violated' The European Parliament has deplored the jailing of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on abuse-of-office charges "as a violation of human rights and an abuse of the judiciary." More  Yerevan Mayor Confirms Resignation Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetian has confirmed that he has decided to resign after less than one year in office. More  Armenia Sends Quake Relief To Turkey Armenia says it will send a planeload of humanitarian aid to the survivors of a powerful earthquake in southeastern Turkey that killed more than 500 people and left thousands of others homeless. More  High-Profile Trial Of Uzbek Leader In Kyrgyzstan Ends The trial of a leader of the Uzbek community in Kyrgyzstan's southern region of Jalal-Abad and his codefendants has ended. More  Tajik Power Line To Afghanistan Inaugurated An electric power line linking a hydroelectric power plant in Tajikistan with the Afghan city of Pul-i-Kumri was formally inaugurated today by officials from both countries. More  Belarusian Activist Loses Appeal To Clear Record A Belarusian opposition activist has lost an appeal to have his criminal conviction for protesting last year's presidential election overturned. More  Three Candidates Quit Kyrgyz Presidential Race Three independent candidates have withdrawn from the Kyrgyz presidential election set for October 30. More  Another Striking Oil Worker Attacked In Western Kazakhstan One of the leaders of a strike by oil workers in western Kazakhstan has been shot in an apparent rubber-bullet attack, the latest in a string of similar assaults on strikers or journalists covering the walkout. More  Serbian Nationalists Protest RFE/RL Use Of Serbia, Kosovo Maps A Serbian ultranationalist organization has protested RFE/RL's Balkan Service's use of maps on its website depicting Serbia's former province of Kosovo as an independent country. More  Podcast: Bolshoi Welcomes An American; Political Murder in Kyrgyzstan; Loudmouth Luzhkov In Episode 42, we profile celebrated dancer David Hallberg, the first American to be welcomed into the Bolshoi Ballet. Plus, a look at Yury Luzhkov, the colorful former Moscow mayor who spoke frankly to RFE/RL and now finds himself immersed in legal woes, and a presidential vote in Kyrgyzstan stained by a grisly murder. More  Hackers, Experts Claim Syria Using U.S. Equipment For Web Blocking Another U.S. company has been implicated in allegedly supplying Internet blocking equipment to a Middle Eastern country. More |
